Contested Knowledge
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
By Steven SeidmanSMITH. From the early days of second‐wave feminism in the late 1960s to the present, many feminists have agreed with antifeminists in one crucial respect: men and women are understood to be different in basic ways.
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
By Steven SeidmanI've suggested one important change; the postdisciplinary organization of social knowledge. Although we still become sociologists or anthropologists, the scholarly debates and research problems we address, and the conceptual and ...
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Contested Knowledge: A Guide to Critical Theory
By John PhillipsThis is the most accessible and wide-ranging introduction to critical theory currently available. Providing a comprehensive overview of the practice, role and importance of theory across the humanities and social...
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory in the Postmodern Era
By Steven SeidmanA study of sociological theory, from the classical sociologists (Durkheim, Marx and Weber), to contemporary social theories and movements, including feminism, poststructuralism, African-American thought and "queer theory".
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Contested Knowledge: Science, Media, and Democracy in Kerala
By Shiju Sam VarugheseAre there limits to such a democratization of science? A fascinating commentary on the relation between science and society, this volume is a pioneering work that analyses the science-media-public interaction in a non-Western context.
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
By Steven SeidmanSteven Seidman tracks the work of major figures in the field, from the classical sociologists – Durkheim, Marx, Weber – to contemporary theorists -- Giddens, Foucault, Bourdieu, and Judith Butler.
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Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today
By Steven SeidmanIn the sixth edition of Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates.