1st Edition

Social Theory A guide to central thinkers

By Peter Beilharz Copyright 1992
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

'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... Read more
Preface

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.