| Description |
vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction (by Philip Cassell). i. The Giddens Reader -- ii. The problem of order -- iii. Time, space and social theory -- I. Encounters with the classical traditions. i. Critical interpretations of Marx -- ii. The political context of Max Weber's sociology -- iii. Durkheim's political sociology -- iv. Marx, Weber and capitalism -- II. Problems of action and structure. i. Social theory and the question of action -- ii. The production and reproduction of social life -- iii. The concept of structure -- iv. Structure, action, reproduction -- v. Lay knowledge and technical concepts -- vi. Structuration theory and empirical approach -- III. Time and space. i. Time-space, structure, system -- ii. Time-space distanciation -- iii. Analysing social change -- iv. The production of everyday life -- IV. Domination and power. i. Parsons on power -- ii. Critique of Foucault -- iii. Class structuration -- iv. Class and power -- v. Administrative power and the nation-state -- vi. The nation-state and military power -- V. The nature of modernity. i. A 'discontinuist' approach -- ii. Dynamic tendencies of modernity -- iii. Trust and risk in social life -- iv. Modernity and self-identity -- v. Love and sexuality -- VI. Critical theory. i. Max Weber on facts and values -- ii. Critical theory without guarantees -- iii. Utopian realism -- iv. Emancipatory and life politics |
| Analysis |
Sociology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 343-345 |
| Subject |
Giddens, Anthony.
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Functionalism (Social sciences)
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Social sciences.
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Social structure.
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Sociology.
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Structuralism.
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| Author |
Cassell, Philip.
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| LC no. |
bnb33358740 |
| ISBN |
0333587405 |
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0333587413 (paperback) |
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