{"product_id":"cultural-theory-isbn-9781405169080","title":"Cultural Theory","description":"This second edition of \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e provides a concise introduction to cultural theory, placing major figures, traditional concepts, and contemporary themes within a sharp conceptual framework.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a student-friendly introduction to what can often be a complex field of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdates the first edition in response to reader feedback and to the changing nature of the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes additional coverage of theorists from the classical period to include Nietzsche and DuBois\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces entirely new chapters on race and gender theory, and the body\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders themes that have become more important in theoretical activity in recent years such as computers and virtual reality, cosmopolitanism, and performance theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on theories and theorists from continental Europe as well as the English-speaking world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface to the First Edition: About this Book.  \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What is Culture? What is Cultural Theory?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Culture in Classical Social Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Culture and Social Integration in the Work of Talcott Parsons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Culture as Ideology in Western Marxism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Culture as Action in Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology, and Ethnomethodology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification, and the Sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Structuralism and the Semiotic Analysis of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Poststructural Turn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Culture, Structure, and Agency: Three Attempts at Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 British Cultural Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Production and Reception of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Culture as Text: Narrative and Hermeneutics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Psychoanalytic Approaches to Culture and the Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Cultural Analysis of Postmodernism and Postmodernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Postmodern and Poststructural Critical Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Cultural Theories of Race and Gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Body in Cultural Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Highly recommended to anyone interested in acquiring a theoretical basis on which to systematize their knowledge of cultural theory. Indeed, the authors manage to make the complex simple enough to understand without oversimplifying.\" (\u003ci\u003eDiscourse Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Presenting such a wide-ranging and multifarious set of ideas in a coherent manner constitutes a very considerable achievement. The book offers anyone interested in cultural theory a broad conspectus—provided of course it is read as a whole.\" (\u003ci\u003eMetapsychology Online Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePhilip Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Deputy Director of the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. His books include \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2001), \u003ci\u003eWhy War? The Cultural Logic of Iraq, the Gulf War and Suez\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jeffrey C. Alexander) (2005), and \u003ci\u003ePunishment and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Riley\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGodless Intellectuals?: How Durkheimian Sociology and Poststructuralism Reinvented the Intellectual Pursuit of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e  This second edition of the renowned \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e provides a systematic and accessible introduction to cultural theory, encapsulating a usually complex field in a concise and balanced overview. \u003cp\u003eThis fully revised and expanded second edition provides a comprehensive tour of the major figures, themes, and debates in cultural theory, from Durkheim and Weber through to Foucault and Butler, and from charisma to consumption, but also introduces entirely new chapters on race and gender theory, and the body. Other new material includes treatments of thinkers such as Nietzsche, DuBois, and Eagleton, and considers important contemporary themes, including virtual reality and cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternationally respected by students and teachers alike, the first edition of \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into several languages and became legendary on campuses worldwide. This new, restructured edition, packed with special features for students and accompanied by a website, promises to be the most authoritative text of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For those stalking culture, you'd best set out with this mapping of the terrain.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRoger Friedland, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The second edition of \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear, lively, and timely introduction to leading thinkers and their ideas. Its lucid writing and comprehensive scope is of great value to students and scholars seeking to understand the field of cultural theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bringing alive a subject as broad as cultural sociology is difficult, but this fresh edition succeeds brilliantly. Books about theory are usually less than exciting, let alone inspiring, but this book glows and absorbs as it informs. I have depended on it for years, cannot do without it, and, given the growth of cultural theory, I cannot see how anyone else can.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBarry Schwartz, University of Georgia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989013381349,"sku":"NP9781405169080","price":89.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405169080.jpg?v=1761782432","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cultural-theory-isbn-9781405169080","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}