Contested knowledge : social theory today / Steven Seidman.

Author/creator Seidman, Steven
Format Book
Edition5th ed.
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
Descriptionpages ; cm.
Subjects
Sociology--Methodology.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011051687
ISBN9781118227909 (pbk.)
ISBN1118227905 (pbk.)