| Title : | Social Theory in the Twentieth Century |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Patrick Baert, Author |
| Edition statement: | 1st edition |
| Publisher: | New York : New York University Press |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Pagination: | 240 p. |
| Size: | 21 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-8147-1339-6 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical index (p. [220]- 240) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy
Social Sciences
Sociology
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| Class number: | 300.1 |
| Abstract: | Social Theory in the Twentieth Century offers an easy-to-read but provocative account of the development of social theory. Patrick Baert covers a wide range of key figures and schools of thought, including Giddens, Foucault and Habermas. Written in a lively style and avoiding jargon, this book is aimed at students who wish to understand the main debates and dilemmas driving social theory. Rather than providing a neutral summary of the different thinkers and theories, Baert challenges the conventional readings of social theory with new and original interpretations. In effect, he bridges the gap between philosophy and social theory by placing the theoretical views within wider historical traditions. Social Theory in the Twentieth Century will undoubtedly become the standard introduction to social theory for students in sociology, politics, and anthropology. |
| Contents note: | A Timeless Order and its Achievement: Structuralism and Genetic Structuralism; The Biological Metaphor: Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism; The Enigma of Everyday Life: Symbolic Interactionism, the Dramaturgical Approach and Ethnomethodology; The Skilful Accomplishment of Social Order: Giddens's Structuration Theory; The History of the Present: Focault's Archeology and Genealogy; The Spread of Reason: Habermas's Critical Theory; Eroding Foundations: Positivism, Falsificationism and Realism; |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19144 |
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