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The Making of Social Theory: Order, Reason, and Desire
Anthony Thomson
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paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 3 black and white photos, 3 timelines, and 65 boxes. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 674.
In The Making of Social Theory: Order, Reason, and Desire, second edition, author Anthony Thomson follows the development of Western ideas about society and social life from the medieval period through to the rise of modern sociology in the early twentieth century. Far from simply explicating theory, however, Thomson situates each idea in the context of time and space, examining the social circumstances in which it arose and the characteristics of the people who advocated it. In this way, The Making of Social Theory is a cross-disciplinary cultural chronicle of the ideas that underpin the discipline of sociology. The ... Read more
In The Making of Social Theory: Order, Reason, and Desire, second edition, author Anthony Thomson follows the development of Western ideas about society and social life from the medieval period through to the rise of modern sociology in the early twentieth century. Far from simply explicating theory, however, Thomson situates each idea in the context of time and space, examining the social circumstances in which it arose and the characteristics of the people who advocated it. In this way, The Making of Social Theory is a cross-disciplinary cultural chronicle of the ideas that underpin the discipline of sociology. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP Canada Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780195430301
SKU
V9780195430301
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About Anthony Thomson
Anthony Thomson is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Acadia University. He earned his MA from Dalhousie and his PhD from Cambridge in 1984. Thomson is an experienced writer, having published previously with Canadian Scholars Press. In addition to social theory, his areas of interest cover the Nova Scotian labour movement, Canadian labour history, Marxism, post-revolutionary societies, ... Read more
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