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Social theory for beginners/ Paul Ransome

By: Ransome, PaulMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: UK : Policy Press, 2010Description: 480p. 24cmISBN: 9781847426741Subject(s): Social sciences -- Philosophy | Sociology -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 300.1

Contents:

Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?; What is social theory?; Where did social theory come from?; Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society; Karl Marx, Capitalism and Revolution; Max Weber, Rational Capitalism and Social Action; Talcott Parsons, Functionalism and the Social System; Social Interactionism and the real lives of social actors; Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School; Language, structure, meaning; Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory; Feminist social theory; Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu; Theories of Modernity and Post-modernity; Reflexive modernization: the global dimension and cultural theory; The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	300.1 RAN/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	22/10/2021	P40134

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Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?;
What is social theory?;
Where did social theory come from?;
Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society;
Karl Marx, Capitalism and Revolution;
Max Weber, Rational Capitalism and Social Action;
Talcott Parsons, Functionalism and the Social System;
Social Interactionism and the real lives of social actors;
Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School;
Language, structure, meaning;
Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory;
Feminist social theory;
Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu;
Theories of Modernity and Post-modernity;
Reflexive modernization: the global dimension and cultural theory;
The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.

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