Author : Carsten Bagge Laustsen
Release : 2017-03-27
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 716/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Social Theory by : Carsten Bagge Laustsen
Download or read book Social Theory written by Carsten Bagge Laustsen. This book was released on 2017-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on a series of sociological problems, the book shows how distinctive viewpoints shed light on different facets of social phenomena. The book includes sociology’s "founding fathers", major 20th-century thinkers and recent voices such as Butler and Zizek. Philosophically grounded and focused on interpretation and analysis, the book provides a clear understanding of theory’s scope while developing students’ skills in evaluating, applying and comparing theories.