Explorations in Social Theory: From Metatheorizing to Rationalization

by George Ritzer

Book Overview

George Ritzer is one of the leading social and cultural commentators of the present day. In this essential new book he considers some of the main tendencies in contemporary social theory. Included here are Ritzer′s latest reflections on the uses and misuses of metatheory. According to Ritzer, sociology is a multiparadigm science. The differences and intensities of rivalries between paradigms are often very confusing for students and even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761967737
• ISBN13: 9780761967736
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"