Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today

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Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: The Rise of the Classical Tradition:. Introduction. 1. The Idea of a Science of Society: The Enlightenment and Auguste Comte. 2. The Revolutionary Theory of Karl Marx. 3. The Promise of Sociology: Emile Durkheim. 4. The Ironic Social Theory of Max Weber. Afterword. Part II: Rethinking the Classical Tradition: American Sociology: . Introduction. 5. The Grand Theory of Talcott Parsons and of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. 6. The Scientific Theory of Randall Collins and Peter Blau. 7. The Moral Sociology of C. Wright Mills and Robert Bellah. Afterword. Part III: Rethinking the Classical Tradition: European Theory:. Introduction. 8. The Critical Theory of Jurgen Habermas. 9. Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies. 10. The Critical Sociology of Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu. Afterword. Part IV: Revisions and Revolts: The Postmodern Turn:. Introduction. 11. Post-Structural Theory: Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard. 12. Michel Foucault's Disciplinary Society. 13. Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology of Postmodernity. Afterword. Part V: Revisions and Revolts: Identity Politics and Theory: . Introduction. 14. Feminist and Gender Theory. 15. Critical Race Theory. 16. Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Theory. 17. Colonial Discourse Studies. Afterword. Part VI: Revisions and Revolts: Theories of World Order: . Introduction. 18. From Nation to Global Order: David Held and Mary Kaldor. 19. Global Capitalism: Immanuel Wallerstein and Manuel Castells. 20. The Return of Empire? Hardt and Negri, Harvey, Mann. Epilogue: Social Theory Today. Index

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