Overview

Important ideas that helped shape 20th-century thought—ideas which continue to hold great significance for anyone interested in the social world—are made accessible in this illuminating volume. Readers will be motivated to delve into the deeper pool of knowledge available on major social theorists and their groundbreaking ideas. A mixture of biographical and historical ideas, this book was written to introduce social theory to a broad audience. It looks at the intersection between the theorist as a social actor and as a reflection of his or her time. The volume's breadth makes it a useful tool for those interested in sociology and its many luminaries.

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Author:   Roger A. Salerno
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780275977252

ISBN 10:   0275977250
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 July 2004
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Enlightenment and Beyond Georg Hegel: Foundations of Modern Social Thought Auguste Comte: The Origins of Modern European Sociology Herbert Spencer: Survival of the Fittest Harriet Marineau: Feminist Sociologist Karl Marx: Capitalism and Human Exploitation Emile Durkheim: The Eclipse of Community Max Weber: Reason and Bureaucracy Sigmund Freud: The Unconscious Civilization Friedrich Nietzsche: The Will to Power Georg Simmel: Sociologists as Outsider W.E.B. Du Bois: The Double Consciousness of Race Antonio Gramsci: Critique of Hegemonic Capitalism Adorno and Horkheimer: The Frankfurt School: Critical Theory Herbert Marcuse: Eros and Civilization Walter Benjamin: Art and Modernity Norbert Elias: The Civilizing Process Simone de Beauvoir: Otherness Hannah Arendt: Banality of Reason Claude Levi-Strauss: Structural Anthropology Frantz Fanon: Race and Postcolonialism Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, and Michel Foucault: Structuralism and Beyond: Poststructuralism Talcott Parsons: The Systems Society Erving Goffman: The Drama of the Self Nancy Chodorow, Judith Butler, and Bell Hooks: Feminist Social Theory Jean Baudrillard, Donna Haraway, Zygmunt Bauman: Postmodernism Jurgen Habermas: Communicative Action Pierre Bourdieu: Habitus Anthony Giddens: Structuration Theory

Reviews

[R]eaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -Choice R eaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -Choice ?[R]eaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.?-Choice ?Roger Salerno's Beyond the Enlightenment is clearly an unusual book among the various social theory texts available on the current market. He should be commended merely for taking the venture off the beaten track, and perhaps for more than just that....The general outlay of the work is an amazing 29 brief discussions of the biographical contexts, major works, and key ideas of social theorists....[t]he book will enjoy a limited but faithful adoption in social theory courses and a more circumscribed success elsewhere. It might also be a handy reference for professors who want to spice up their lectures with biographical material on a wide range of social theorists. Salerno has provided a book that is a little offbeat, but not so revolutionary that professors will have difficulty incorporating it with standard teaching practices in social theory courses.?-Teaching Sociology Roger Salerno's Beyond the Enlightenment is clearly an unusual book among the various social theory texts available on the current market. He should be commended merely for taking the venture off the beaten track, and perhaps for more than just that....The general outlay of the work is an amazing 29 brief discussions of the biographical contexts, major works, and key ideas of social theorists....[t]he book will enjoy a limited but faithful adoption in social theory courses and a more circumscribed success elsewhere. It might also be a handy reference for professors who want to spice up their lectures with biographical material on a wide range of social theorists. Salerno has provided a book that is a little offbeat, but not so revolutionary that professors will have difficulty incorporating it with standard teaching practices in social theory courses. -Teaching Sociology

Roger Salerno's Beyond the Enlightenment is clearly an unusual book among the various social theory texts available on the current market. He should be commended merely for taking the venture off the beaten track, and perhaps for more than just that....The general outlay of the work is an amazing 29 brief discussions of the biographical contexts, major works, and key ideas of social theorists....[t]he book will enjoy a limited but faithful adoption in social theory courses and a more circumscribed success elsewhere. It might also be a handy reference for professors who want to spice up their lectures with biographical material on a wide range of social theorists. Salerno has provided a book that is a little offbeat, but not so revolutionary that professors will have difficulty incorporating it with standard teaching practices in social theory courses. -Teaching Sociology

[R]eaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -Choice YReaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -Choice ?[R]eaders will find nuggets of new or unfamiliar information about many contemporary theorists. The book can serve as a handy reference tool for professors and as a concise introduction to the history of modern social thought for students. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.?-Choice ?Roger Salerno's Beyond the Enlightenment is clearly an unusual book among the various social theory texts available on the current market. He should be commended merely for taking the venture off the beaten track, and perhaps for more than just that....The general outlay of the work is an amazing 29 brief discussions of the biographical contexts, major works, and key ideas of social theorists....[t]he book will enjoy a limited but faithful adoption in social theory courses and a more circumscribed success elsewhere. It might also be a handy reference for professors who want to spice up their lectures with biographical material on a wide range of social theorists. Salerno has provided a book that is a little offbeat, but not so revolutionary that professors will have difficulty incorporating it with standard teaching practices in social theory courses.?-Teaching Sociology Roger Salerno's Beyond the Enlightenment is clearly an unusual book among the various social theory texts available on the current market. He should be commended merely for taking the venture off the beaten track, and perhaps for more than just that....The general outlay of the work is an amazing 29 brief discussions of the biographical contexts, major works, and key ideas of social theorists....[t]he book will enjoy a limited but faithful adoption in social theory courses and a more circumscribed success elsewhere. It might also be a handy reference for professors who want to spice up their lectures with biographical material on a wide range of social theorists. Salerno has provided a book that is a little offbeat, but not so revolutionary that professors will have difficulty incorporating it with standard teaching practices in social theory courses. -Teaching Sociology

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ROGER A. SALERNO is Professor of Sociology at Pace University.

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