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Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots
The Basics
Sixth Edition
- George Ritzer - University of Maryland, USA
- Jeffrey Stepnisky - MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 2022 | 468 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics, is a brief survey of sociology's major theorists and theoretical approaches, from the Classical founders to the present. The content is adapted from Ritzer/Stepnisky, Sociological Theory, and the authors connect many theorists together into chapters with broad headings (Contemporary Integrative Theories, Contemporary Theories of Everyday Life, etc.) that offer students a big-picture, synthesized view of sociological theory. Because of its size, price, and flexible organization, the text can be used in a variety of undergraduate sociological theory classes: Classical, Contemporary, or Combined.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Sociological Theory
CHAPTER 2 Classical Theories I
CHAPTER 3 Classical Theories II
CHAPTER 4 Contemporary Grand Theories I
CHAPTER 5 Contemporary Grand Theories II
CHAPTER 6 Contemporary Theories of Everyday Life
CHAPTER 7 Contemporary Integrative Theories
CHAPTER 8 Contemporary Feminist Theories
CHAPTER 9 Theories of Race and Colonialism
CHAPTER 10 Postmodern Grand Theories
CHAPTER 11 Globalization Theory
CHAPTER 12 Science, technology, and nature
Supplements
A new chapter (Ch. 12) examines the relationship between science, technology, and nature, and discusses one of the newest areas of sociological theory--theories of the Anthropocene.
The chapter on Feminist Theory has been extensively revised, with new sections on hegemonic masculinity, postcolonial theory, and neoliberalism, and a new biography of Raewyn Connell.
New "Contemporary Application" topics include The #MeToo Movement, anticolonialim and the destruction of statues, "fake" news, and the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and society.
