{"product_id":"1118227905-contested_knowledge_social_theory_today","title":"Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eIn The New 5th Edition Of Contested Knowledge, Renowned Social Theorist Steven Seidman Proclaims The Demise Of The Era Of The Great Universalist Theorists Represented By Figures Such As Habermas, Foucault, Baudrillard, And Bourdieu. In Its Place, Seidman Reveals The Dawn Of A Modern-day Shifts To Networks Of Clustered Debates -- Relatively Autonomous And Interdisciplinary Social Theorizing On Issues Such As Citizenship, Performativity, Nationalism, Globalization, Cosmopolitanism, And Queer Life. To Gain A Better Appreciation Of This New Social Thinking And Theorizing, Seidman Hones His Focus On Discussions Of Three Distinct Clustered Debates Now Swirling In Social Theory -- Intimacy, Postcolonial Nationalism, And The Concept Of The Other. Scholarly And Rigorous, Yet Engagingly Written For Widespread Accessibility, The 5th Edition Of Contested Knowledge Offers Thought-provoking Insights Into Exciting New Frontiers Of Sociological Theorizing Precipitated By The Emergence Of A Global World.--back Cover. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Rise Of The Classical Tradition -- Rethinking The Classical Tradition : American Sociology -- Rethinking The Classical Tradition : European Theory -- Revisions And Revolts : The Postmodern Turn -- Revisions And Revolts : Identity Politics And Theory -- Revisions And Revolts : Theories Of World Order -- The Rise Of Postdisciplinary Theory -- Index. Steven Seidman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eSociology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":46670059372734,"sku":"1118227905-3","price":23.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/51AIHVlAXuL._SL500.jpg?v=1775931492","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1118227905-contested_knowledge_social_theory_today","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}