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Modern social theory: from Parsons to Habermas/ Ian Craib

By: Craib, IanMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 262 pISBN: 9780745010885Subject(s): Sociology--Philosophy | SociologyDDC classification: 300.1

Contents:

1. Introduction: What's Wrong with Theory and Why We Still Need It. 2. Cutting a Path Through the Jungle. PART 1: THEORIES OF SOCIAL ACTION. 3. Introduction. 4. Parsons: Theory as a Filing System. 5. Structural-Functionalism. 6. Neofunctionalism. 7. Rational Choice Theory: 'The Price of Everything';Symbolic Interactionism: Society as Conversation. 8. Society as Conspiracy: Phenomenological Sociology and Ethnomethodology. 9. Structuration Theory: There's No Such Thing as Society. 10. There Is Such a Thing as Society. PART 2: FROM ACTION TO STRUCTURE. 11. Introduction. 12. The World as a Logical Pattern: An Introduction to Structuralism. 13. Structuralist Marxism: The World as a Puppet Theatre. 14. Poststructuralism and Postmodernism: The World Gone Mad. PART 3: FROM STRUCTURE OR ACTION TO STRUCTURE AND ACTION. 15. Introduction. 16. The Frankfurt School: There Must be Some Way Out of Here. 17. Jurgen Habermas: Back to the Filing Cabinet. 18. Conclusion: Playing with Ideas. Index.

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1. Introduction: What's Wrong with Theory and Why We Still Need It.
2. Cutting a Path Through the Jungle.
PART 1: THEORIES OF SOCIAL ACTION.
3. Introduction.
4. Parsons: Theory as a Filing System.
5. Structural-Functionalism.
6. Neofunctionalism.
7. Rational Choice Theory: 'The Price of Everything';Symbolic Interactionism: Society as Conversation.
8. Society as Conspiracy: Phenomenological Sociology and Ethnomethodology.
9. Structuration Theory: There's No Such Thing as Society.
10. There Is Such a Thing as Society.
PART 2: FROM ACTION TO STRUCTURE.
11. Introduction.
12. The World as a Logical Pattern: An Introduction to Structuralism.
13. Structuralist Marxism: The World as a Puppet Theatre.
14. Poststructuralism and Postmodernism: The World Gone Mad.
PART 3: FROM STRUCTURE OR ACTION TO STRUCTURE AND ACTION.
15. Introduction.
16. The Frankfurt School: There Must be Some Way Out of Here.
17. Jurgen Habermas: Back to the Filing Cabinet.
18. Conclusion: Playing with Ideas.
Index.

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