Great Minds

Zusatztext "Poggi and Sciortino provide a fresh! lively encounter with sociology's major thinkers. The book is effortlessly engaging and conveys the complexity of sociological thinking with ease. Readers are given the chance to both deepen their knowledge and revisit authors in a new and stimulating way. A great achievement!" Informationen zum Autor Gianfranco Poggi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy. He is the author of Weber: A Short Introduction (2006) and Forms of Power (2001), among other works. Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy. Klappentext "Great Minds" revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory. Zusammenfassung Great Minds revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory.

"Poggi and Sciortino provide a fresh, lively encounter with sociology's major thinkers. The book is effortlessly engaging and conveys the complexity of sociological thinking with ease. Readers are given the chance to both deepen their knowledge and revisit authors in a new and stimulating way. A great achievement!"

Autorentext

Gianfranco Poggi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy. He is the author of Weber: A Short Introduction (2006) and Forms of Power (2001), among other works. Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy.

Klappentext

"Great Minds" revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory.