Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today

Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today

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In the fifth edition <i>Contested Knowledge,</i> social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates. <ul> <li>Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements</li> <li>Reviews sociological theory from a contemporary perspective</li> <li>Reveals how the universal theorist and the era of rival schools has been replaced by networks of clustered debates that are relatively 'autonomous' and interdisciplinary</li> <li>Features updates and in-depth discussions of the newest clustered debates in social theory€"intimacy, postcolonial nationalism, and the concept of 'the other'</li> <li>Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life</li> <li>Accompanied by a companion website for students at www.wiley.com/go/seidman featuring chapter outlines and useful web links; an instructor site can also be accessed which features password-protected PowerPoint teaching slides</li> </ul>