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Sage Publishing Social Life: Contemporary Social Theory by Matthias Benzer And Kate Reed
In Social Life The Authors Highlight Explain And Scrutinize Socio-Theoretical Analyses Of Contemporary Social Relations And Conditions - Put Forward By Eight Modern Social Theorists - And Analyse How These Have Informed Sociological Inquiries Into PeopleS Lives In TodayS Social World.The Book Discusses The Works Of The Following Social Theorists:Anthony Giddens Pierre Bourdieu Bruno Latour Donna Haraway Zygmunt Bauman Jean-Francois Lyotard Michel Foucault Jean Baudrillard In Each Chapter The Authors Identify The Key Components Of Each TheoristS Conception Of Society And Apply The Theories Outlined To Specific Modern Phenomena. This Connection With Modern-Day Phenomena Allows For A Critical Interrogation Of Issues In Contemporary Society Including: Inequality And Capital Power Fear And Terrorism Immune System Discourse Suffering And Climate Change.Essential Reading For All Sociology Students Studying Social Theory And The Works Of Modern Social Theorists.Show More