Key Sociological Thinkers - 3rd Edition by Rob Stones (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The third edition of this popular and established core textbook provides an invaluable guide to 24 of the most influential thinkers in Sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, <i>Key Sociological Thinkers </i>provides a clear and contextualised introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring their lives, works and legacies, and in a much-valued 'Seeing Things Differently' section authors demonstrate how each thinker's ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways. <p/>With frameworks for deep learning around group discussion, this continues be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate modules on sociological and social theory. <p/>New to this Edition: <br>- Four new chapters, on Mead, Du Bois, Latour and Alexander<br>- Five chapters by new authors on existing key thinkers: Durkheim, Merton, Goffman, Bourdieu, and Giddens<br>- A major new introduction<br>- An updated, structured and annotated 'Further Reading' section for each thinker<br>- Extended accounts of 13 additional thinkers who have influenced, or been influenced by, the key thinkers</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><i>Key Sociological Thinkers</i> provides a clear and contextualised overview of the best of sociological thought. Written by leading academics, it offers stimulating and insightful assessments of 24 of the most influential thinkers in sociology: from Marx, Weber and Simmel to Chodorow, Foucault and Bauman. In addition, there are extended glossary accounts of thirteen additional theorists who have influenced, or been influenced by, these key thinkers.</p> The third edition of this popular and established text is updated to cover the lives, works and legacies of Mead, Du Bois, Latour and Alexander, and to include five newly-authored chapters on Durkheim, Merton, Goffman, Bourdieu and Giddens. It contains a major new introduction, linking sociological theory to events and processes in three different historical periods of modernity.<p></p><p></p> <p>With frameworks for deep learning around group discussion, and much-valued '<i>Seeing Things Differently</i>' sections to demonstrate how each thinker's ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways, this continues be an essential text for all students of sociological theory.</p><p></p> <p><b>Online-only chapters on Adorno, Blumer, De Beauvoir, Freud and Lockwood can be found on </b><b>www.macmillanihe.com/stones</b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A text with the conceptual and pedagogical qualities of Key Sociological Thinkers comes around only once every academic generation, presenting ideas in a way that aids students in developing theoretical literacy and including exercises to help apply theory to real-world cases." --<i>Javier Treviño, Wheaton College, USA</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Rob Stones</b> is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University. He has a broad interest in social, sociological and political theory, their application in empirical research, and their importance to serious reflection on public issues. He has pioneered the version of structuration theory known as strong structuration theory (SST), designed to guide empirical case study research and adopted in diverse areas. His books include <i>Sociological Reasoning</i> (1996), <i>Structuration Theory</i> (2005), and <i>Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory</i> (2015). He is the editor of two book series with Palgrave Macmillan, <i>Themes in Social Theory</i> and <i>Traditions in Social Theory</i>.<br><b>Rob Stones</b> is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University. He has a broad interest in social, sociological and political theory, their application in empirical research, and their importance to serious reflection on public issues. He has pioneered the version of structuration theory known as strong structuration theory (SST), designed to guide empirical case study research and adopted in diverse areas. His books include <i>Sociological Reasoning</i> (1996), <i>Structuration Theory</i> (2005), and <i>Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory</i> (2015). He is the editor of two book series with Palgrave Macmillan, <i>Themes in Social Theory</i> and <i>Traditions in Social Theory</i>.</p>
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