{"product_id":"9781119250746","title":"The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBryan S. Turner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuilds on the success of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial direction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRYAN S. TURNER\u003c\/b\u003e is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mellon Committee for the Study of Religion, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and Director of the Institute for Religion Politics and Society at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). He was the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College (2009-10). His most recent publications are \u003ci\u003eReligion and Modern Society\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge 2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Religious and the Political\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge 2013). With Oscar Salemink, he edited the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Religions in Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is the founding editor with John O'Neill of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Classical Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e (Sage) and with Irfan Ahmad the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religious and Political Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge). He received the Max Planck Award in 2015 for research on secularization and modernity: social and religious pluralism, and is a Guest Professor at the University of Potsdam. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 October 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119250746\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e640\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310608773260,"sku":"9781119250746","price":53.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119250746_bc356b7e-fe67-4e48-902e-3815beaa74ff.jpg?v=1780102023","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119250746","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}