The Blackwell reader in contemporary social theory

Edited by Anthony Elliot
Published by Blackwell Publishers (1999)

ISBN: 0631206507

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Book description
This reader provides a comprehensive introduction to the major developments, debates, and schools of thought in social theory today. The book is edited and introduced by Anthony Elliott and covers 20th-century social theory stretching from critical theory, structuralism and psychoanalysis to feminism, post-structuralism and postmodernism. The book includes treatments not only of the traditional lines of orientation in social theory but also of recent controversies surrounding the resurgence of interest in the self, self-identity and subjectivity. The selections are drawn from many prominent figures in late-1990s debate and are introduced and contextualized by the editor to make them accessible to those coming to the study of social theory for the first time. The text should be a useful teaching text, and of interest to students and professionals in the fields of social theory, sociology, media and cultural studies, philosophy, and literary theory.

About the author
Dr Anthony Elliot is a research fellow in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University and the author of a number of books on psychoanalysis and social theory, as well as The mourning of John Lennon.

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