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Biographical note
William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex.His previous publications include Habermas: A Critical Introduction (1994), New Philosophies of Social Science (1987), Understanding Social Life (second edition, 1986), and The Future of Society (Blackwell, 2006). He is co-author of Social Theory and Postcommunism (Blackwell, 2005), editor of The Habermas Reader (1996), and co-editor of The Sociology of Politics (1998)."This is still the best dictionary around ... Students could abandon their textbooks and follow this reference trail." <br /> <i>Margaret Archer, University of Warwick</i> <br /> <p>"A reference book that is fun to read, often sharp, ironic, and barbed – a distillation of current Social Thought as well as a dictionary."<br /> <i>Stephen Turner, University of South Florida</i><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p>"This book is an indispensable tool for social, political, and intellectual inquiry in general. William Outhwaite has produced a valuable compendium of the key figures, central concepts, influential movements, and important institutions of the modern era. The sum impressively surpasses not only the parts but the peer competitors."<br /> <i>James Der Derian, Brown University and University of Massachusetts Amherst</i><br /> </p> <p>"Students new to the volume will find it remains a valuable guide."<br /> <i>David Jary, University of Birmingham</i><br /> </p> <p>"All academic libraries catering for courses in scoiology, politics modern history, cultural studies or philosophy ought to have copies of this book."<br /> <i>Reference Reviews</i></p>