Welcome to Social Theory is exactly what students want: a lucid and
engaging introduction to social theory that carefully uses images,
examples and quotations to illustrate new ways of examining
contemporary social life. Tom Brock’s comprehensive and accessible
style produces an indispensable guide to social theory that examines
the major theoretical traditions from Marxism through to
poststructuralism, and from feminism through to postcolonial theory,
new materialism and posthumanism. Welcome to Social Theory gives
careful appraisal of classical ideas and debates in social theory and
traces their impact through discussion of major contemporary
theorists – including Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony
Giddens, Margaret Archer, Judith Butler, bell hooks, Kimberlé
Crenshaw, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Bruno Latour,
Gilles Deleuze and Rosi Braidotti. Social theory matters and this book
shows why through relevant and compelling examples, including the gig
economy, everyday sexism, digital black feminism, animal and
environmental activism, stigma and discrimination against migrants,
the need to decolonise the sociology curriculum and many more.
Welcome to Social theory is an indispensable text for undergraduate
students who are new to social theory. Dr. Tom Brock is a Senior
Lecturer of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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ISBN
9781529786682
Publisert
2023
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Sage Publications Ltd (UK)
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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