Key Contemporary Social Theorists is a comprehensive introduction to some of the most significant figures in social, cultural, political and philosophical thought of the twentieth century. This collection of newly commissioned entries offers students and scholars an authoritative guide on current contributions to contemporary social theory and social science. Preceding the entries is a well-organized chart of the main trends of development in social theory. The result is an invaluable reference work for all those concerned with central issues in contemporary social theory.
ntroduction. Anthony Elliott and Larry Ray. 1. Theodor Adorno: Maggie O'Neill.
2. Jeffrey Alexander: Paul Colomy.
3. Louis Althusser: Ted Benton.
4. Hannah Arendt: Phillip Hansen.
5. Jean Baudrillard: Rex Butler.
6. Zygmunt Bauman: Ian Varcoe.
7. Ulrich Beck: Joost van Loon.
8. Daniel Bell: Malcolm Waters.
9. Jessica Benjamin: Kay Torney Souter.
10. Walter Benjamin: Howard Caygill.
11. Homi Bhabha: Bart Moore-Gilbert.
12. Maurice Blanchot: Kevin Hart.
13. Pierre Bourdieu: Don Miller.
14. Manuel Castells: Nick Stevenson.
15. Nancy Chodorow: Diane Tietjens Meyers.
16. Gilles Deleuze: Claire Colebrook.
17. Jacques Derrida: Roy Boyne.
18. Norbert Elias: Robert van Kriekan.
19. Michel Foucault: Gerard Delanty.
20. Hans-Georg Gadamer: David West.
21. Anthony Giddens: Anthony Elliott.
22. Erving Goffman: Yves Winkin.
23. Jürgen Habermas: William Outhwaite.
24. Stuart Hall: Michael Kenny.
25. Max Horkheimer: Larry Ray.
26. Luce Irigaray: Kwok Wei Leng.
27. Fredric Jameson: Andrew Milner.
28. Julia Kristeva: John Lechte.
29. Jacques Lacan: Stephen Frosh.
30. Claude Levi-Strauss: Zygmunt.
31. Niklas Luhman: Dieter Rucht.
32. Jean Francois Lyotard: James Williams.
33. Herbert Marcuse: Jem Thomas.
34. Claus Offe: John Dryzek.
35. Richard Rorty: Matthew Festenstein.
36. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: Annamarie Jagose.
37. Alain Touraine: Kevin McDonald.
38. Bryan S Turner: Barry Smart.
39. Paul Virilio: Scott McQuire.
40. Raymond Williams: Andrew Milner.
41. Slavoj Zizek: Anthony Elliott.
