Between utopia and apocalypse
Subtitle: essays on social theory and Russia
By: edited by Elina Kahla
Series: Aleksanteri series -- 1/2011; Aleksanteri-sarja -- 1/2011.
Publisher: Aleksanteri Inst.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9789521065682
Subjects: Social sciences; Philosophy; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Four decades of sociology: an interview  -- Anna-Maria Salmi -- I Social theory :; title: Scientific realism and some Russia  -- Uskali Mäki; title: The philosophy of society?: the relevance of Searlean social ontology for social sciences  -- Osmo Kivinen; title: From Kant to Krupp: the "German complex" of Russian idealism  -- Vesa Oittinen; title: Talcott Parsons and the system of social sciences, 1934  -- Markku Joutsenoja; title: To Astana  -- Göran Therborn; title: The comedy of the suburban commons: a Chinese story  -- Anne Haila; title: The contemporary working class in Finland  -- Harri Melin; title: Classes and hegemony  -- Raimo Blom; title: When Finland found a golden egg in education  -- Marja Järvelä -- II Russia :; title: Russia as a normal country  -- Pekka Sutela; title: Reflections on order and chaos  -- Mikhail F. Chernysh; title: Russia: a democracy with adjective?  -- Christer Pursiainen; title: Looking back, looking ahead: charity and philanthropy in the new Russia  -- Rosalinde Sartorti; title: Acting jointly in Russia and in Finland: two examples  -- Risto Alapuro; title: Russian modernization during the Cold War and after, what has changed?  -- Sari Autio-Sarasmo; title: Entrepreneurs in Russia's transition  -- Jouko Nikula; title: The Victory Day in history politics  -- Markku Kangaspuro; title: Complaining in the USSR: consumer dissatisfaction and the legitimacy of the Soviet rule  -- Jukka Gronow; title: Russia: toward a post-secular society -- Elina Kahla.