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It connects leading theorists through direct intellectual dialogue while highlighting shared thematic commonalities. Expanded coverage addresses imperialism, power, civilization clash, health, and performance, moving from foundational schools to issues-based debates on morality, justice, nationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, identity, gender, sexuality, race, the self, and postcoloniality, supported by revised introductions.","The New Social Theory Reader  \nThis is the first anthology to thematize the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the new social theory, and to present this new and exciting body of work in a thoroughly trans-disciplinary manner. It is also the only approach to place the ideas of leading theorists directly into dialogue with one another, while establishing the broad thematic commonalities that tie them together.  \nIn this deeply revised second edition, readers are provided with a much greater range of thinkers and perspectives, including new sections on such issues as imperialism, power, civilization clash, health, and performance. The first section sets out the main schools of contemporary thought, from Habermas and Honneth on New Critical Theory, to Jameson and Hall on Cultural Studies, and Foucault and Bourdieu on poststructuralism. The sections that follow trace theory debates as they become more issues-based and engaged:  \n● the post-foundational debates over morality, justice and epistemological truth;  \n● the social meaning of nationalism, multiculturalism, globalization;  \n● identity debates around gender, sexuality, race, the self, and postcoloniality.  \nThis new edition provides more ample biographical and intellectual introductions to each thinker, and substantial introductions to each of the major sections. It has been finely tuned to ensure readers have the best access to the most recent developmentsin social theory. The editors introduce the volume with a newly revised interpretive overview of social theory today which, in the previous edition, was recognized as a major intervention in the contemporary intellectual field. The New Social Theory Reader is an essential, reliable guide to current theoretical debates.  \nSteven Seidman is Professor of Sociology at State University of New York, Albany. Jeffrey C. Alexander is Professor of Sociology at Yale University.  \nThe New Social  \nTheory Reader  \nSecond edition  \nEdited and introduced by  \nSteven Seidman and Jeffrey C. Alexander  \nFirst published 2001  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA  \nSecond edition published 2008  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor &Francis Group, an informa business © 2008 Steven Seidman and Jeffrey C. Alexander  \nTypeset in Perpetua and Bell Gothic by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nThe new social theory reader / [edited by] Jeffrey C. Alexander and Steven Seidman.– 2nd ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n1. Sociology. I. Alexander, Jeffrey C. , 1947– II. Seidman, Steven. HM585 .N46 2008  \n301–dc22 2007040872  \nISBN10: 0–415–43769–5 (hbk)  \nISBN10: 0–415–43770–9 (pbk)  \nISBN13: 978–0–415–43769–1 (hbk)  \nISBN13: 978–0–415–43770–7 (pbk)  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements  \nINTRODUCTION  \nSteven Seidman and Jeffrey C. 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