Social Theory Today - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804715149 ISBN 13 : 9780804715140

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Social theory has undergone dramatic changes over the past fifteen years. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of those changes and an authoritative statement on current trends of development in social thought.

The contents of the book range in a systematic way across the major traditions of social theory prominent today. Among the topics covered are the relationships between modern social theory and the 'classics' of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the connections between social theory and mathematical social science; and the logical status of generalizations in the social sciences. Traditions of thought discussed include: behaviourism; symbolic interactionism; Parsonian theory; analytical theory; structuralism and post-structuralism; ethnomethodology; structuration theory; world systems theory; Marxism and critical theory.

The highly distinguished group of contributors comprises Jeffrey Alexander, Ira Cohen, Anthony Giddens, John Heritage, George Homans, Axel Honneth, Hans Joas, Ralph Milipand, R. Munch, Jonathan H. Turner, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Thomas Wilson.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Social theory has undergone dramatic changes over the past fifteen years. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of those changes, and an authoritative statement on current trends of development in social thought.

The contents of the book range in a systematic way across the major traditions of social theory prominent today. Among the topics covered are the relationships between modern social theory and the `classics′ of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the connections between social theory and mathematical social science; and the logical status of generalizations in the social sciences. Traditions of thought discussed include: behaviourism; symbolic interactionism; Parsonian theory; analytical theory; structuralism and post–structuration theory; world systems theory; Marxism and critical theory.

The highly distinguished group of contributors comprises Jeffrey Alexander, Ira Cohen, Anthony Giddens, John Heritage, George Homans, Axel Honneth, Hans Joas, Ralph Miliband, R. Munch, Jonathan H. Turner, Immanuel Wallerstein and Thomas Wilson.

Revue de presse

′This is an excellent collection of essays which, now that it has been published in paperback, deserves to reach a wide audience. It provides a comprehensive survey of current issues in social theory, although the collection is of interest as much for the authors it brings together as for the topics they cover.′ Sociology

′Social Theory Todayis a highly useful and satisfying work ... In the first place Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Turner have comprehensively charted their own field ... In the second place, [they] have been largely successful in persuading their authors to observe a consistent format ... Finally, Giddens and Turner, thanks to their own personal standing as productive and original practitioners of sociological theory, have been able to enlist the collaboration of a number of highly distinguished authors.′ Times Higher Education Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804715149
• ISBN 13: 9780804715140
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436
• Éditeur: Giddens Anthony, Turner Jonathan H.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible