9780199945825

Praised for its clarity and accessibility, this fully updated edition ofCritical Social Theoriespresents a comprehensive analysis of leading social and cultural theories today. The book addresses diverse perspectives, from feminism and cultural studies to postmodernism and critical theory. This second edition includes new chapters on the need for a new public sociology in the post-9/11 era--one that moves beyond both positivism and postmodernism.

Ben Agger, University of Texas, Arlington.

The Disciplinary Positioning of Theory
Critical Social Theory and the Critique of Positivism
Interdisciplinary: From the Sociological to the Social
Positive, Interpretive, and Critical Theories

The Politics of Grand Narratives I: Theorizing Postmodernity
Lyotard's Critique
Modernity "or" Postmodernity?
Rationality and Science
The End of the Social?

The Politics of Grand Narratives II: From Derrida to Difference Theory
Derridean Difference
From Post-Marxism to Commodity Postmodernism
Multiculturalism: Difference, Narrativity, and New Social Movements
Postmodernism as Critical Social Theory

The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School
Periodizing Capitalism After Marx
Domination I: The Dialectic of Enlightenment Argument
Domination II: The Culture Industry Argument
Habermas's Communication Theory

Feminist Theory
Patriarchy: Engendering Theory
Varieties of Feminist Theory
Africana Feminism
Postmodern Feminism and Queer Theory: Separation versus Historicity
Beyond Gender: Feminism or Postfeminism?

Cultural Studies
Marxist Cultural Theory and the Concept of Ideology
The Birmingham School
Feminist Cultural Studies
Baudrillard and Foucault

Critiques of Critical Social Theory
Midwestern Empiricism and the Real-Sociology Critique
"Marx Was Wrong"
Rational Choice Theory and the Economization of Sociology
"Friendly" Critiques
Responding to Its Critics

Critical Social Theory: Application and Implications
Critical Social Research
The State and Social Policy
Social Control
Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, and Mass Media
Gender Studies
Social Movements
Research Methods
Race and Ethnicity
Politics and Micropolitics
Pedagogical Applications
The End of Theory and the Renewal of Sociology

The 1960s at Forty: Renewing Public Sociology in the 21st Century
The Hegemony of Positivism
After Chicago, Kent State, and the Weather Underground
Eroding Sociological Consensus in the Post-9/11 World
Beyond Positivism and Postmodernism

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Critical Social Theories

Critical Social Theories

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