Social Theory

By:

Ransome, Paul

Contributor(s):

Ransome, Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Jaipur Rawat Publications 2011Description: 480pISBN:

9788131604243

DDC classification:

P09 R174

Partial contents:

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 postmodernity Reflexive modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory The boundary problem in contemporary social theory

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includes index and biblioraphy

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 postmodernity
Reflexive modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory
The boundary problem in contemporary social theory

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