Social Theory: Conflict, Cohesion and Consent

by Jonathan Joseph

Book Overview

This textbook introduction to Social Theory is unique in addressing key issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis through an examination of modern theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent. Chapters are structured to cover the major thinkers - Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Parsons, Weber, the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Habermas) and Foucault - and offer a useful and accessible introduction to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748617922
• ISBN13: 9780748617920
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages