Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago.

Volume 1



Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 11 new authors
Includes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville, Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno
Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
Addresses continuing relevance of most theories and their importance to contemporary scholarship

Volume 2



Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 16 new authors
Includes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith, Luhmann, Agamben, and others
Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
Essays placed in social and historical context to allow readers to see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary social and political issues