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Anthony Thomson The Making of Social Theory, Second Edition |
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About the BookIn 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. Readership : Sociology major and minors in their second and third years will use The Making of Social Theory when studying classical social theory, a compulsory course for degree completion in this discipline.
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