The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists

Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, <i>The Wiley-</i> <i>Blackwell Companion to Major</i> <i>Social Theorists</i> offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. <p><b>Volume 1</b></p> <ul> <li>Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 11 new authors</li> <li>Includes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville, Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno</li> <li>Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay</li> <li>Addresses continuing relevance of most theories and their importance to contemporary scholarship</li> </ul> <p> <b>Volume 2</b></p> <ul> <li>Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 16 new authors</li> <li>Includes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith, Luhmann, Agamben, and others</li> <li>Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay</li> <li>Essays placed in social and historical context to allow readers to see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary social and political issues</li> </ul>