Social Theory In The Real World

Social Theory in the Real World is concerned with illustrating the practicalbenefits of social theory. Many students find it hard to relate the realinsights pro... » 

Social Theory in the Real World is concerned with illustrating the practicalbenefits of social theory. Many students find it hard to relate the realinsights provided by social theory to their real life experiences and manylecturers struggle to demonstrate the relevance of social theory to everydaylife. This book offers an accessible nonpatronizing solution to the problemdemonstrating that social theory need not be remote and obscure but if used inimaginative ways it can be indispensable in challenging our common senseperceptions and understandings.The book identifies the key themes of contemporary social theory mass societypostindustrialism consumerism postmodernism McDonaldization risk andglobalization and uses the insights of both classical and contemporarytheorists of social change to highlight the potential of imaginativetheorizing. «