About the Book: Social Theory: The Multicultural, Global, and Classic Readings,
6th Edition
For nearly a quarter-century, Charles Lemert has shared his love of social
theory, and the questions it explores, in this collection of readings. With 140
selections that begin in the nineteenth century and end in 2015, Social Theory
charts the long arc of the development of the field. This edition retains
classic texts by Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and W.E.B. Du Bois and
writings of major contemporary figures like Audre Lorde and Patricia Hill
Collins, while adding pieces from Harriet Martineau, Friedrich Nietzsche,
Kimberly Williams Crenshaw, Thomas Piketty, and Ta-Nehisi Coates,