Foundations of Social Theory : A Critical Introduction (Paperback)

1. Introduction? 2. Karl Marx: Critique, Class Struggle, and Revolution? 3. Emile Durkheim: Society Functions!? 4. Max Weber: Meaningful Social Action? 5. The Early Frankfurt School: What happened to the revolution?? 6. Pierre Bourdieu: Class meets Culture? 7. The Frankfurt School Today: Modernity, Communication, and Recognition? 8. Gender: Theorising Patriarchy? 9. Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism: ‘It’s all so much more complicated than that!’? 10. Decolonial Social Theory: Confronting Coloniality? 11. Conclusion: Key Questions