Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory

If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michael Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means that they should also read Raymond Williams, Julia Kristeva and Slavoj Zizek. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory is fully revised and updated to provide students, teachers and researchers with a comprehensive, critical guide to the major traditions of thought in social and cultural theory, as well as tracing the complex intellectual connections between these distinct but related approaches to understanding society and culture. The Handbook, edited by acclaimed sociologist Anthony Elliott, develops a powerful argument for bringing together social and cultural theory more systematically than ever before. Key social and cultural theories, ranging from classical approaches to postmodern, psychoanalytic and post-feminist approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are also new chapters on mobilities and migrations, as well as posthumanism. The Handbook, written in a clear and direct style will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars. The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study.

Anthony Elliott is Research Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Dean of External Engagement. Professor Elliott is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and Super-Global Professor of Sociology (Visiting) at Keio University, Japan.

List of contributors Acknowledgements PART I Contemporary social theory 1 The trajectories of social and cultural theory Anthony Elliott 2 Critical theory of the Frankfurt School Jordan McKenzie 3 Structuralism and post-structuralism Sam Han 4 Structuration theories: Giddens and Bourdieu Anthony Elliott 5 Feminist and post-feminist theories Ann Branaman 6 Zygmunt Bauman and social theory Keith Tester 7 Ideology and social and cultural theory John Cash 8 Psychoanalytic social theory Anthony Elliott 9 Social theories of risk Patrick Brown 10 Networks Thomas Birtchnell 11 Globalization Theory Eric L. Hsu PART II Contemporary cultural theory 12 Cultural and social things: Is there a difference? Charles Lemert 13 British cultural theory Nick Stevenson 14 American cultural theory Sam Han 15 Queer theory Max Kirsch 16 The New Mobilities Paradigm and Social Theory Louis Everuss 17 Race/ethnicity and social and cultural theory Anthony Moran 18 Media and cultural identity Nick Stevenson 19 The place of space in social and cultural theory Simon Susen 20 Posthumanism Anthony Elliott Index