The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405134569 ISBN 13: 9781405134569

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences.

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• Provides an authoritative overview of the main themes of social thought.
  
• Long essays and entries give full coverage to each topic.
  
• Covers major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics.
  
• New edition updates about 200 entries and includes new entries, suggestions for further reading, and a bibliography of all sources cited within the text.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences. This Dictionary provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the main themes of social thought, principal schools and movements of thought and those institutions that have been the subject of social analysis or engendered significant doctrines and ideas.

Detailed entries cover major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics. These are supplemented by shorter accounts of specific concepts and phenomena.This second edition updates about 200 entries and includes new entries on the Internet, ethnic cleansing and other topics. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading, and the volume contains a bibliography of all sources cited within the text.

About the Author:

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex.His previous publications include Habermas: A Critical Introduction (1994), New Philosophies of Social Science (1987), Understanding Social Life (second edition, 1986), and The Future of Society (Blackwell, 2006). He is co-author of Social Theory and Postcommunism (Blackwell, 2005), editor of The Habermas Reader (1996), and co-editor of The Sociology of Politics (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405134569
• ISBN 13: 9781405134569
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 856
• Editor: Outhwaite William