A Short History of Sociological Thought, Second Edition
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swingewood, Alan, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This lucidly written, jargon-free text offers an account of ong>theong> rise of sociological thought from its origins in ong>theong> eighteenth century. Beginning with ong>theong> classical sociology of Marx, Durkheim, Weber ong>andong> Simmel, it ong>goesong> on to examine ong>theong> modern paradigms of functionalism, interactionism, structuralism ong>andong> critical Marxism, ong>andong> ends by discussing salient contemporary sociological ong>theong>ory, including ong>theong> ong>theong>ories of Foucault, Baudrillard, Giddens, Habermas ong>andong> oong>theong>rs. Systematic ong>andong> comprehensive, this is a text that critically engages with sociological ong>theong>ory throughout its development, offering students a path through competing traditions ong>andong> perspectives that brings out ong>theong> distinctive value ong>andong> limitations of ong>theong>se.