'An alluvial goldfield of social theorists - nuggets lying around all over the place.'
Bob Connell
Who's who in the social theory zoo? This book introduces some of the leading social theorists in short, lively entries by leading Australian scholars. Social Theory covers thinkers from Althusser to Williams, by locals from Alexander to Yeatman.
For beginner and enthusiast alike, it gives a sense of the state of the art in classical and modern social theory.
Social Theory is an indispensable reference for undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and anyone else interested in the ideas behind social and political theory and cultural studies today.
Introduction
1 Louis Althusser
2 American and British feminisms
3 Hannah Arendt
4 Pierre Bourdieu
5 Cornelius Castoriadis
6 Jacques Derrida
7 Louis Dumont
8 Emile Durkheim
9 Norbert Elias
10 Michel Foucault
11 The Frankfurt School
12 French feminisms
13 Sigmund Freud
14 Anthony Giddens
15 Antonio Gramsci
16 Jurgen Habermas
17 Agnes Heller
18 Julia Kristeva
19 Jacques Lacan
20 Claude Levi-Strauss
21 Karl Marx
22 Friedrich Nietzsche
23 Talcott Parsons
24 Carole Pateman
25 Jeremy Seabrook
26 Georg Simmel
27 Alain Touraine
28 Immanuel Wallerstein
29 Max Weber
30 Raymond Williams
Biography
Peter Beilharz is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, co-founder and co-editor of the political and social theory journal Thesis Eleven and co-author of Arguing about the Welfare State.
