Daniel Rigney: 2 books
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The old saying does often seem to hold true: the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, creating a widening gap between those who have more and those who have less. The sociologist Robert K. Merton called this phenomenon the Matthew effect, named after a passage in the gospel of Matthew. Yet the...
The Metaphorical Society
An Invitation to Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2001
This book introduces the novice reader to modern social theory through the creative exploration of eight major metaphors that have shaped Western understandings of human society. Rigney vividly yet concisely examines each major theoretical perspective in sociology, including functionalism, conflict...