Social theory for beginners/
Ransome, Paul
Social theory for beginners/ Paul Ransome - UK : Policy Press, 2010. - 480p. 24cm.
Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?;
What is social theory?;
Where did social theory come from?;
Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society;
Karl Marx, Capitalism and Revolution;
Max Weber, Rational Capitalism and Social Action;
Talcott Parsons, Functionalism and the Social System;
Social Interactionism and the real lives of social actors;
Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School;
Language, structure, meaning;
Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory;
Feminist social theory;
Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu;
Theories of Modernity and Post-modernity;
Reflexive modernization: the global dimension and cultural theory;
The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.
9781847426741
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
300.1 / RAN/S
Social theory for beginners/ Paul Ransome - UK : Policy Press, 2010. - 480p. 24cm.
Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?;
What is social theory?;
Where did social theory come from?;
Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society;
Karl Marx, Capitalism and Revolution;
Max Weber, Rational Capitalism and Social Action;
Talcott Parsons, Functionalism and the Social System;
Social Interactionism and the real lives of social actors;
Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School;
Language, structure, meaning;
Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory;
Feminist social theory;
Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu;
Theories of Modernity and Post-modernity;
Reflexive modernization: the global dimension and cultural theory;
The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.
9781847426741
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
300.1 / RAN/S