Social Theory: Roots and Branches

by Peter J. Kivisto

Book Overview

Edited by Peter Kivisto, this acclaimed collection of accessible primary source readings enables students to experience "firsthand" a wide range of perspectives that are shaping current sociological theory. Now in its fifth edition, Social Theory: Roots and Branches covers both classical theory (the roots) and contemporary theory (the branches) and shows how they are linked. Part One features work from such well-known classical theorists as Marx,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199937125
• ISBN13: 9780199937127
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 645 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Very helpful book!

I used this book for a class, and it was extraordinarily informative. It's basically an anthology of the writings of social philosophers. The section on Bordieu is especially good, with a short exerpt from Durkheim's entry earlier in the text. The table of contents is organized into Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, and respectively from there on. The only failing of this book is that it does not include and index (!!) which can occasionally make leafing through the TOC a little laborious, when looking for a particular name. This second edition also includes Martineau, who, for some weird and unexplainable reason, was left out of the first edition.