Sociological reasoning: Towards a past modern sociology/
Rob Stones
- New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- 257 p.
1. Contemporary Developments in Social Theory: The Right Time For a Past-modern Sociology -- 2. A Rich and Complex Ontology -- 3. Analysis and Textuality: Players, Dreamers and Despots in Sociological Research -- 4. The Pivotal Role of the Methodological Focus: A Positive Critique of Anthony Giddens -- 5. Contextualising, Floating and Dreaming: Variations from the Sociologies of Politics, Culture and Ethics -- 6. A Positive Scepticism Towards Claims about Empirical Evidence -- 7. Past-modern Sociology and Textual Critique -- 8. Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism I: Comparative Citizenship and State Autonomy -- 9. Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism II: The Flying Sorcery of Sylvia Walby's Patriarchal Systems.