Social thought provides general theories to explain actions and behavior of society as a whole, encompassing sociological, political, and philosophical ideas. From Roland Barthes to Umberto Eco, Theodor W. Adorno to Jean Baudrillard, the twentieth and early twenty first century have been marked by great thinkers who have pushed boundaries, shifted paradigms and explored old ideas in new ways. These 'masters' have each produced vast and seminal canons of work that have had far reaching and influential impact on the way we think about our world. Through acclaimed critical theorists and philosophers, the SAGE Masters in Modern Social Thought series explores the ideas and themes of the writings of these great thinkers and collects together their masterpieces for researchers, graduate students and academia in general.

Content - Appendix of Sources, Editors' Introduction, Volume I I. The Engagement with Postmodernity and Phenomenology, II. Hermeneutics and Epistemology, III. Metaphysics, Volume II IV. Normativity and Reason, V. Discourse Ethics, Volume III VI. Law, Democracy, and the Public Sphere, VII. Cosmopokitanism and the Nation State, Volume IV VIII. Habermas and Psychology, IX. Habermas and Bioethics, X. Habermas and Feminism, XI. Aesthetics,  XII. Habermas and Science