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Book by Giddens Anthony
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The social sciences have long been based upon contrasts drawn between the ′militaristic′ societies of the past, and the ′capitalist′ or ′industrial′ societies of the present. But how valid are such contrasts, given that the current era is one stamped by the impact of war and by the intensive development of sophisticated weaponry?
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In setting out to address this and similar questions, this book investigates issues that have been substantially neglected by those working in sociology and social theory. Anthony Giddens offers a sociological analysis of the nature of the modern nation–state and its association with the means of waging war. His analysis is connected in a detailed way to problems that have traditionally preoccupied sociologists – the impact of capitalism and industrialism upon social development in the modern period. The result is a theory both of the institutional parameters of modernity and of the nature of international relations.
The book is a sequel to the author′s much discussed Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism. The framework of social theory outlined in that work is here elucidated in a systematic and thorough–going fashion. The novel and provocative ideas which the author develops will interest those working in a wide variety of disciplines: sociology, politics, geography and international affairs.
′Giddens is, in the British context, remarkable for more than his industry. He is that rarest of birds, a home reared `grand theorist′, whose aim is nothing less than a reconstruction of the theoretical foundations of social theory ... The Nation State and Violence is the latest, well–argued and researched stage in his attempt to show how the reality we now inhabit has been formed in recent history.′
David J. Levy, Times Higher Education Supplement
David J. Levy, Times Higher Education Supplement
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- ÉditeurStanford University Press
- Date d'édition1995
- ISBN 10 0804725195
- ISBN 13 9780804725194
- ReliureBroché
- Numéro d'édition2
- Nombre de pages320
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A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism
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Stanford University Press
(1995)
ISBN 10 : 0804725195
ISBN 13 : 9780804725194
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Description du livre Softcover. Etat : New. This powerful critique of Marx's historical materialism - as a theory of power, as an account of history, and as a political theory -has been revised to take note of the profound intellectual and political changes that have occurred since the first edition was published. Reviews from the first edition 'Giddens draws upon a formidable knowledge of anthropology, archaeology, geography, and philosophy to demonstrate the limitations of Marxism and to formulate his own interpretation of the history of societies . He does a masterful job of setting his theory within a historical and critical framework of writings on Marx. His clarity of thought and his deft and often humorous handling of the unavoidable jargon of sociology and Marxist political theory makes this book a critical work of the highest quality.' Journal of International Law and Politics 'By contrast with many practictioners in the rather murky area of social theory, Giddens clearly seeks to make himself understood, and he has the useful quality of provoking one to argument. He has let light into some dark places.' The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Although Marx, Durkheim, and Weber continue to fill more index space than any other authors, Critique is Giddens's most explicit and committed statement of his own conceptualization of social theory . It is his most original and therefore most vulnerable book, at once a cause for celebration and an invitation to critical reappraisal of the author's entire theoretical project.' (Publisher). N° de réf. du vendeur DADAX0804725195
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