Social theory for beginners/ Paul Ransome
Material type: TextPublication details: Bristol: Policy Press, c2010Description: xvi, 480 p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781847426758 (hbk.)Subject(s): Social sciences -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 300.1Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 361.61 DEA/U (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 06/03/2021 | P15485 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-472) and index.
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 modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory -- The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.
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