Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of socialtheory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions tothe original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. Volume 1 Features updates and revisions to all essays from originalvolume, plus the addition of 11 new authors Includes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists notincluded in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville,Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary andsecondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying eachessay Addresses continuing relevance of most theories and theirimportance to contemporary scholarship Volume 2 Features updates and revisions to all essays from originalvolume, plus the addition of 16 new authors Includes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists notincluded in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith,Luhmann, Agamben, and others Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary andsecondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying eachessay Essays placed in social and historical context to allow readersto see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary socialand political issues
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