Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world. Adorno Reframed is not only a c...(展开全部)

He has been regarded with suspicion by some, as an anti-postmodernist who dared to write about unfashionable concepts such as truth and meaning. But in recent years, the philosopher Alain Badiou has risen in prominence, pioneering new ways to produce, conceptualise and discover art. Badiou Reframed is an original book about an original thinker which applies - for the first time...(展开全部)

Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas. Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise ac...(展开全部)

Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners' guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who 'think in images'. "Contemporary Thinkers Reframed" instead uses the language of the arts to explore the usefulness in practice of complex ideas.Short, contemporary and accessible, these lively books utilise act...(展开全部)

罗布·斯通斯(Rob Stones)，澳大利亚西悉尼大学社会科学与心理学院人类学与社会学系教授。在城市社会学、经济社会学、社会学理论方面有突出贡献。最新著作为Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory，致力于将社会学理论建立在社会现实的基础上。

The second edition of this popular and established text provides a comprehensive guide to 23 of the most influential thinkers in sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers 2e provides a clear and contextualized introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring ...(展开全部)

The second edition of this popular and established text provides a comprehensive guide to 23 of the most influential thinkers in sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers 2e provides a clear and contextualized introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring ...(展开全部)

罗布·斯通斯(Rob Stones)，澳大利亚西悉尼大学社会科学与心理学院人类学与社会学系教授。在城市社会学、经济社会学、社会学理论方面有突出贡献。最新著作为Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory，致力于将社会学理论建立在社会现实的基础上。

- 编者简介 - 黛博拉•库克（Deborah Cook），加拿大温莎大学哲学教授，著有《重访文化工业：西奥多•W. 阿多诺论大众文化》（The Culture Industry Revisited: Theodor W. Adorno on Mass Culture, 1996）和《阿多诺、哈贝马斯与理性社会研究》（Adorno, Habermas, and the Search for a Rational Society, 2004）。 - 译者简介 - 唐文娟，陕西师范大学文艺学专业硕士，现为华东师范大学思勉人文高等研究院现当代文学专业博士生。

'For anyone that has spent years rowing off into convoluted estuaries, and would like an entertaining and useful chart to remind them of River Psychology as a whole, I thoroughly recommend this book' - The Psychologist 'This is a highly enjoyable, erudite and beautifully written manuscript. It conveys a rare depth of understanding and ability to strike at the core debates. The ...(展开全部)