This edition contains a substantial new Introduction in which Elliott and Lemert reply to some of the standard criticisms made of the theory of the new individualism, and also addresses the escalation of new individualist thinking in the wake of recent global crises.
ANTHONY ELLIOTT is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia and Visiting Research Professor at the Open University, UK. His recent books, all published by Routledge, include Contemporary Social Theory: An Introduction (2009), The Routledge Companion to Social Theory (2010) and Globalization (2010).
CHARLES LEMERT is John C. Andrus Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University, USA. His recent books include Thinking The Unthinkable (2007), Social Theory (4E, 2009) and Globalization (2010).