02881cam a2200409 a 4500 117715 20230410115814.0 110422s2012 mdua b 001 0 eng 16746732 2011014879 9780742570498 (hardback) 9780742570504 (paper) 9780742570511 (electronic) eng pcc HM 585 N348t 2012 301.01 SOC026000 bisacsh Nealon, Jeffrey. The theory toolbox : critical concepts for the humanities, arts, and social sciences / Jeffrey Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012. xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. "This text involves students in understanding and using the tools of critical social and literary theory from the first day of class. It is an ideal first introduction before students encounter more difficult readings from critical and postmodern perspectives. Nealon and Giroux describe key concepts and illuminate each with an engaging inquiry that asks students to consider deeper and deeper questions. Written in students' own idiom, and drawing its examples from the social world, literature, popular culture, and advertising, The Theory Toolbox offers students the language and opportunity to theorize. Updated throughout, the second edition of The Theory Toolbox includes a discussion of new media, as well as two new chapters on life and nature"-- Provided by publisher. "This text involves students in understanding and using the "tools" of critical social and literary theory from the first day of class. It is an ideal first introduction before students encounter more difficult readings from critical and postmodern perspectives. Nealon and Giroux describe key concepts and illuminate each with an engaging inquiry that asks students to consider deeper and deeper questions. Written in students' own idiom, and drawing its examples from the social world, literature, popular culture, and advertising, The Theory Toolbox offers students the language and opportunity to theorize. Updated throughout, the second edition of The Theory Toolbox includes a discussion of new media, as well as two new chapters on life and nature"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Social action. Critical theory. Acción social. Teoría crítica. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. bisacsh Giroux, Susan Searls, 1968- Cover image http://covers.rowmanlittlefield.com/L/07/425/0742570495.jpg lcc bk YSL 48337 48337 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HM 585 N348t 2012 00000110385 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-10-24 bk