Anthony Giddens Textbooks Books in Order
Anthony Giddens Textbooks by Anthony Giddens contains 18 books, published between 1971 and 2015. The first book is Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber (1971) and the newest is Studies in Social and Political Theory (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1971–2015
- Pages on record
- 4,413 in 15 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 74–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,413 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Anthony Giddens Textbooks collects 18 works of sociology and social theory by Anthony Giddens, dated 1971 to 2015. Catalogue subjects include sociological methodology, capitalism, social structure, modern civilisation, and the thought of Max Weber and Emile Durkheim. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory (1971) is the earliest title. Central Problems in Social Theory (1979), The Nation-State and Violence (1987) and Modernity and Self-Identity (1991) follow. Studies in Social and Political Theory (2015) is the newest listed work.
How many Anthony Giddens Textbooks books are there?
Anthony Giddens Textbooks has 18 books, released between 1971 and 2015.
Anthony Giddens Textbooks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Anthony Giddens Textbooks books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber1971 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/419712801/4
- 2Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis1979 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/419792941/4
- 3Sociology: A brief but critical introduction1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 4The Nation-State and Violence: Volume 2 of A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism1987 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/419874081/4
- 5Social Theory And Modern Sociology1991 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/419913101/4
- 6Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419912561/4
- 7New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies1993 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/419931861/4
- 8Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order1994 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/419942251/4
- 9New Thinking for New Times1995 · 53 pages · confirmed 1/41995531/4
- 10A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 11In Defence of Sociology: Essays, Interpretations and Rejoinders1996 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419962881/4
- 12The Global Third Way Debate1998 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/419984481/4
- 13The New Egalitarianism2005 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420052541/4
- 14Europe in the Global Age2006 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/420062461/4
- 15Introduction to Sociology2007 · 683 pages · confirmed 1/420076831/4
- 16Essentials of Sociology2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 17Politics and Sociology in the Thought of Max Weber2013 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42013641/4
Is there a chronological order for Anthony Giddens Textbooks?
No separate chronological order is on record for Anthony Giddens Textbooks, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Anthony Giddens Textbooks books in order?
You should read the Anthony Giddens Textbooks books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Anthony Giddens Textbooks book also stands alone.
Where to start with Anthony Giddens Textbooks
Start with Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber (1971), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Anthony Giddens Textbooks book?
Studies in Social and Political Theory (2015) is the newest Anthony Giddens Textbooks book released so far.
Is there a new Anthony Giddens Textbooks book coming?
No next Anthony Giddens Textbooks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Anthony Giddens Textbooks at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Anthony Giddens Textbooks title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Anthony Giddens Textbooks books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,413 pages across the 15 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anthony Giddens Textbooks books, 8 of 18, were published in the 1990s.
What the Anthony Giddens Textbooks books are about
16 of the 18 Anthony Giddens Textbooks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sociology is tagged on 10 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sociology 10 of 16 books
- Social sciences 3 of 16 books
- History 2 of 16 books
- Methodology 2 of 16 books
- Modern Civilization 2 of 16 books
- Social structure 2 of 16 books
- Sociologie 2 of 16 books
- Sociology--methodology 2 of 16 books
- Sociology, philosophy 2 of 16 books
- Weber, max, 1864-1920 2 of 16 books
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