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This textbook introduces key ideas in sociological theory, with a focus on contemporary relevance and applicability. It explains theories and theorists of sociology's classical age, including Émile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Thorstein Veblen, George Herbert Mead, and W.E.B. Du Bois; contemporary grand theories; contemporary theories of everyday life; efforts to integrate large-scale concerns with small-scale issues; feminist theory; postmodern grand theories; and globalization theory. This edition has a new chapter on theories of race and colonialism; addition of Arlie Hochschild's theory of emotion management; discussion of the significance of Brexit, the 2016 American election, and other recent events; new key concept boxes on romanticism, commercialization of feeling, colonialism, and color-blind racism; and new biographical vignettes on Frantz Fanon and Kimberlé Crenshaw. It incorporates discussion of multicultural theory into discussion of the sociological canon and parts of the chapter on theories of race and colonialism. It also has some reorganization of key concept boxes, updated terms and glossary entries, and other changes. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
