Great Minds: Encounters with Social Theory

by Gianfranco Poggi and Giuseppe Sciortino

Book Overview

Modern social thought is largely the intellectual product of a number of "great minds." Revisiting the central theories of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Parsons, Goffman, Garfinkel, and Luhmann, this text introduces readers to a select group of thinkers who have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory.

Offering a careful selection of primary sources that encourage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804772142
• ISBN13: 9780804772143
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"