The Dominant Ideology Thesis (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory) - Softcover

Turner, Bryan S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113898907X ISBN 13: 9781138989078

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

As a radical critique of theoretical sociological orthodoxy, The Dominant Ideology Thesis has generated controversy since first publication. It has also been widely accepted, however, as a major critical appraisal of one central theoretical concern within modern Marxism and an important contribution to the current debate about the functions of ideology in social life.

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About the Author:

Bryan S. Turner is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Committee on Religion at the Graduate Center, the City University of New York, and the Director of the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Religion and Modern Society (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and the editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

NICHOLAS ABERCROMBIE, University of Lancaster

ALAN WARDE, University of Manchester

ROSEMARY DEEM, University of Lancaster

SUE PENNA, University of Lancaster

KEITH SOOTHILL, University of Lancaster

ANDREW SAYER, University of Lancaster

JOHN URRY, University of Lancaster

SYLVIA WALBY, University of Leeds

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 113898907X
• ISBN 13: 9781138989078
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222