{"product_id":"contested-knowledge-social-theory-today-9781119167587","title":"Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today","description":"In the sixth edition of \u003ci\u003eContested Knowledge, \u003c\/i\u003e social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eResponds to current issues, debates, and new social movements \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews sociological theory from a contemporary perspective \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how the universal theorist and the era of rival schools has been replaced by networks of clustered debates that are relatively 'autonomous' and interdisciplinary \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures updates and in-depth discussions of the newest clustered debates in social theory--intimacy, postcolonial nationalism, and the concept of 'the other' \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVEN SEIDMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany. He is the author and editor of a number of books including \u003ci\u003eLiberalism and the Origins of European Social Theory, The Postmodern Turn, Queer Theory\/Sociology, The New Social Theory Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jeffrey Alexander), and \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332495544594,"sku":"9781119167587","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_399bcc6e-1b70-4a82-8652-1669324490a1.jpg?v=1727838792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contested-knowledge-social-theory-today-9781119167587","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}