Social theory for beginners
By: Paul Ransome
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781847426741; 9781847426758
Subjects: Philosophy; Social sciences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-472) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?; title: What is social theory?; title: Where did social theory come from?; title: Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society; title: Karl Marx, capitalism and revolution; title: Max Weber, rational capitalism and social action; title: Talcott Parsons, functionalism and the social system; title: Social interactionism and the real lives of social actors; title: Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School; title: Language, structure, meaning; title: Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory; title: Feminist social theory; title: Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu; title: Theories of modernity and post-modernity; title: Reflexive modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory; title: The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.