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Influenced by Thomas Kuhn's work on paradigm shifts in the social sciences, this overview of contemporary theory identifies major themes, charts the impact of social change on theories, acquaints readers with a sample of individual theorists (the "transitional giants" who shaped contemporary theories), explores the impact of contemporary theories on various areas of sociology, and traces how the great social theories of the past are being reinterpreted and incorporated into new theories. The result is an original interpretation of the important role that theory plays both in the real world and in the shaping of an academic discipline.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction: What is Theory and Why Does it Change? Periods of Social Theory The Organization of the Book  Part I: Changes Chapter 1: 1968-2009: What Happened? Why 1968? A New Global Order: Globalization, Neoliberalism and Market Expansion, and Hyper-Industrialization Issues without Borders: Population Growth, Urbanization, Health and Environmental Problems, and Regional Conflicts The Emerging Distribution of Economic Inequality Cultural Consequences: Postmodern Culture and Ironic Hopelessness How and Why Did All These Changes Happen? Conclusion Chapter 2: Changes in Theory Introduction: Making Theories How and Why Have Sociological Theories Changed in the Past Forty Years? Toward Contemporary Theories Conclusion Part II: Transitional Giants Chapter 3: Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Major Works, Ideas, and Concepts Total Institutions and Labels Interaction Order and Behavior Frames of Reference and Discourse The Politics and Feeling-Tone of Goffman's Work Rupture and Continuity: Goffman as a Transitional Giant and Postmodernist Chapter 4: Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Major Works, Ideas, and Concepts Foucault and the Traditions of Social Theory Foucault's Impact and Method Foucault's Politics Conclusion: Foucault and the Transition to Contemporary Theory Chapter 5:  Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) The Craft of Sociology Habitus, Body, Practice Symbolic Power, Symbolic Violence, and Misrecognition Fields, Spaces, and Capitals Taste, Distinction, and Naturalized Categories Public Intellectuals and Politics The Critique of Neoliberalism Conclusion: A Note on Foucault and Bourdieu Chapter 6: Stuart Hall (1932- ) Hegemony Ideology Articulation Overdetermination False Consciousness The Function of Common Sense Interpellation and Ideological Subjects Hegemony, Ideology, and Societies Structured in Dominance Race: The Floating Signifier Media: The Politics of Representation Critical Politics of Contesting Images Culture as the Arena of Struggle Identity The Move to Ethnicity Thinking about Multiculturalism Intellectual Labor and Politics of Resistance Conclusion Conclusion The Uneven Impact of Contemporary Theory on Sociology Legacies, Reinterpretations, and New Paradigms Beyond Legacies: What's New? What Will Happen Next? References and Suggestions for Further Reading Note to Readers General Theoretical References (with Jose Soltero) References and Reading Suggestions for the Transitional Giants Erving Goffman Michel Foucault Pierre Bourdieu Stuart Hall Two Specialized Areas: References and Reading Suggestions Theoretical Development in the Sociology of Families (prepared by Tait Runnfeldt Medina and Julie Artis) Sociology of Health (prepared by Grace Budrys) Index

About the Author :
Roberta Garner is a professor in the Department of Sociology at DePaul University. Black Hawk Hancock is Associate Professor of Sociology at DePaul University in Chicago. He is the co-author with Roberta Garner of Changing Theories: New Directions in Sociology (2009) and author of American Allegory: Lindy Hop and the Racial Imagination (2013).

Review :
Changing Theories makes for a warm and engaging read. The authors have given us a good history and summation of some of the most important contemporary theories in the discipline. [...] Changing Theories would make a strong contribution to the critically engaged contemporary theory course as well as graduate courses on the history of sociology and the sociology of knowledge. - Teaching Sociology The authors manage effectively to paint the bigger picture for their readers, exploring the difficulties of theory and cementing it in the real world, and that's an achievement of which they should be proud. Changing Theories could be an indispensable tool for encouraging new students to engage with theory. More importantly, it could also go a long way to break misconceptions about the inaccessibility of theory. - Times Higher Education


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  • ISBN-13: 9780802096821
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 440 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0802096824
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 03
  • Sub Title: New Directions in Sociology
  • Width: 153 mm


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