In this comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction to contemporary
social theory, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert examine the major theoretical
traditions from the Frankfurt School to globalization and beyond. When first
published, the book s wide range set new standards for introductory textbooks
social theorists discussed include Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Michel
Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu,
Julia Kristeva, Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek, Manuel Castells,
Ulrich Beck, Zygmunt Bauman, Giorgio Agamben and Manuel De Landa.
Extensively developed to take into account significant recent developments in
American social theory, the book offers chapters on American pragmatism,
structural functionalism, ethnomethodology, black feminist thought and
world-systems