Social Theory Re-Wired: New Connections to Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before, according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. System updates to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the texts five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society.

New to this edition:

• The big ideas/questions thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition
• An expanded Podcast Companions series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book
• Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own
• New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboffs The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Ruha Benjamins Race After Technology, David Graebers Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit, Sherry Turkles Always-On/Always-on-You.