Table of Contents:
  • Preface to second edition
  • The textures of society
  • The contemporary relevance of the classics
  • The frankfurt school
  • Structuralism
  • Post-structuralism
  • Theories of structuration
  • Contemporary critical theory
  • Feminism and post-feminist theory
  • Postmodernity
  • Networks, risks, liquids
  • Globalization
  • Afterword.