Author

Publication

2001 - Blackwell

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCHM621 .S57 2001
  • LCCHM621.S57 2001

Description

"Cultural Theory: An Introduction is a concise, accessible introduction to a complex field. Philip Smith provides a balanced, wide-ranging overview of contemporary cultural theory, covering the major thinkers and key concepts that have appeared and developed over the last century. Assuming no specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, Smith deals with some of the most sophisticated issues in contemporary social thought. Coverage includes fields such as symbolic interactionism, structuralism, and psychoanalysis, and leading thinkers like Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, Giddens. The book has an abundance of special features for students, with summaries, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, and extensive cross-referencing. For any student or scholar with an interest in the theoretical study of culture and society, this book is an ideal guide."--Jacket.

First Sentence

In a letter of 1675 the scientist Isaac Newton wrote: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Cultural Theory: An Introduction (Twenty-First Century Sociology)Blackwell2001-01-01

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