Habermas And Giddens On Praxis And Modernity

Author : Craig Browne
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 571 pages
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Release : 2017-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783085033

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Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity by Craig Browne Pdf

In Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity Craig Browne investigates how two of the most important and influential contemporary social theorists have sought to develop the modernist visions of the constitution of society through the autonomous actions of subjects. Comparing Habermas’s and Giddens’s conceptions of the constitution of society, interpretations of the social-structural impediments to subjects’ autonomy and attempts to delineate potentials for progressive social change within contemporary society, Browne draws on his own work, which has extended aspects of the social theorists’ approach to modernity. Despite the criticisms developed over the course of the book, Habermas and Giddens are found to be two of the most important theorists of democratization and social democracy, the dynamics of capitalist modernity and their paradoxes, social practices and reflexivity, and the foundations of social theory in the problem of the relationship of social action and social structure.

Author : Craig Browne
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783085026

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Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity by Craig Browne Pdf

In Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity Craig Browne investigates how two of the most important and influential contemporary social theorists have sought to develop the modernist visions of the constitution of society through the autonomous actions of subjects. Comparing Habermas’s and Giddens’s conceptions of the constitution of society, interpretations of the social-structural impediments to subjects’ autonomy and attempts to delineate potentials for progressive social change within contemporary society, Browne draws on his own work, which has extended aspects of the social theorists’ approach to modernity. Despite the criticisms developed over the course of the book, Habermas and Giddens are found to be two of the most important theorists of democratization and social democracy, the dynamics of capitalist modernity and their paradoxes, social practices and reflexivity, and the foundations of social theory in the problem of the relationship of social action and social structure.

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262521024

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Habermas and Modernity by Richard J. Bernstein Pdf

All of these essays focus on the concept of modernity in the philosophical work of Jurgen Habermas - an ambitious and carefully argued intellectual project that invites, indeed demands, rigorous scrutiny. Following an introductory overview of Habermas's work by Richard Bernstein, Albrecht Wellmer's essay places the philosopher within the tradition of Hegel, Marx, Weber, and Critical Theory. Martin Jay discusses Habermas's views on art and aesthetics, and Joel Whitebook examines his interpretations of Freud and psychoanalysis, Anthony Giddens offers a critical reading of Habermas's major work, "The Theory of Communicative Action. Richard Rorty criticizes the whole thrust of his program by way of a comparison with the work of the French philosopher of postmodernity, Jean-Francois Lyotard. And Thomas McCarthy concentrates on the question of the selectivity of rationalization processes in the modern age. Habermas himself has three contributions - on Marcuse, on neoconservativism, and a reply to the other essayists. Richard J. Bernstein is T. Wistar Brown Professor of Philosophy at Haverford College. He was editor of the journal "Praxis International, in which these essays recently appeared. "Habermas and Modernity "is included in the series Studies in contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.

Author : Anthony Giddens,Fred Reinhard Dallmayr
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520049640

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Profiles and Critiques in Social Theory by Anthony Giddens,Fred Reinhard Dallmayr Pdf

Author : Kenneth Tucker
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803975511

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Anthony Giddens and Modern Social Theory by Kenneth Tucker Pdf

Anthony Giddens is widely recognized as one of the most important sociologists of the post-war period. This is the first full-length work to examine Giddens' social theory. It guides the reader through Giddens' early attempt to overcome the duality of structure and agency. He saw this duality as a major failing of social theories of modernity. His attempt to resolve the problem can be regarded as the key to the development of his brandmark `structuration theory'. The book is the most complete and thorough assessment of Giddens' work currently available. It incorporates insights from many different perspectives into his theory of structuration, his work on the formation of cultural identities and the fate of the nation-state. This fa

Author : Stjepan G. Mestrovic,Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Postmodernism
ISBN : 9780415095730

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Anthony Giddens by Stjepan G. Mestrovic,Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović Pdf

Stjepan Mestrovic takes up and criticizes the major themes of Giddens' work - the concept of 'high modernity' as opposed to 'postmodernity' and his attempted construction of a 'synthetic' tradition based on human agency and structure.

Author : Craig Browne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003823162

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Social Theory and the Political Imaginary by Craig Browne Pdf

Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique and History is an innovative work of synthesis, critique, and analysis. It presages a social theory perspective that recognises the constitutive significance of the political imaginary in modernity. Social theory’s current dilemmas are explored through a series of interlinked asssessments of some of its recent substantial strands, specifically, Luc Boltanski’s pragmatism and the wider ‘practical turn’, the perspectives of multiple modernities and global modernity, the outlook of social and political imaginaries, and critical social theory. The political imaginary’s reconfigurations are evident in the tensions of global modernity and original social theory interpretations are advanced of landmark instances of twenty-first century social contestation: the Hong Kong protests conditioned by threats to civil freedoms and a lack of self-determination, the radical democratic practices of anti-austerity movements contesting capitalist globalisation’s injustices, and the inverted cosmopolitanism of the 2005 French Riots challenging the oppression and inequalities experienced by immigrant communities and marginalised youth. These incisive applications of social theory and complementary conceptual innovations illuminate the vicissitudes of social struggles, political forms, and theoretical perspectives. Similarly, reflection on the political imaginary is found to enable a necessary rethinking of the interrelationship of practice, critique and history.

Author : Rob Stones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349931668

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Key Sociological Thinkers by Rob Stones Pdf

The third edition of this popular and established core textbook provides an invaluable guide to 24 of the most influential thinkers in Sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers provides a clear and contextualised introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring their lives, works and legacies, and in a much-valued 'Seeing Things Differently' section authors demonstrate how each thinker's ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways. With frameworks for deep learning around group discussion, this continues be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate modules on sociological and social theory. New to this Edition: - Four new chapters, on Mead, Du Bois, Latour and Alexander - Five chapters by new authors on existing key thinkers: Durkheim, Merton, Goffman, Bourdieu, and Giddens - A major new introduction - An updated, structured and annotated 'Further Reading' section for each thinker - Extended accounts of 13 additional thinkers who have influenced, or been influenced by, the key thinkers

Author : Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351787550

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The Transformation of Modernity by Michael Hviid Jacobsen Pdf

This title was first published in 2001: For over 30 years it has been argued that contemporary society is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The portrait of the modern society or modernity offered by philosophers and social scientists from Hobbes to Parsons is no longer understood as a description of the final and highest stage in the social evolution of mankind. Modern society is not the end of history but simply another more or less contingent social and cultural formation on planet earth. This new perspective on modernity and its transformation, which has emerged from the modernist-postmodernist debate, is the subject matter of this book. It is addressed in a multidisciplinary and international way, both theoretically and empirically, and is explored not only in general and historical terms, but also through specific topics such as sexuality, identity, democracy, globalization, knowledge and leadership. Offering an important collaborative contribution to contemporary discourse in sociology, social psychology, politics and philosophy, this book represents a unique effort to come to grips with our obscure and elusive social position at the start of the 21st century.

Author : Kire Sharlamanov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031539381

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Habermas between Critical Theory and Liberalism by Kire Sharlamanov Pdf

Author : Natalie J. Doyle,Sean McMorrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000540864

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Marcel Gauchet and the Crisis of Democratic Politics by Natalie J. Doyle,Sean McMorrow Pdf

This book presents, for the first time in the English language, Marcel Gauchet’s interpretation of the challenges faced by contemporary Western societies as a result of the crisis of liberal democratic politics and the growing influence of populism. Responding to Gauchet’s analysis, international experts explore the depoliticising aspects of contemporary democratic culture that explain the appeal of populism: neo-liberal individualism, the cult of the individual and its related human rights, and the juridification of all human relationships. The book also provides the intellectual context within which Gauchet’s understanding of modern society has developed—in particular, his critical engagement with Marxism and the profound influence of Cornelius Castoriadis and Claude Lefort on his work. It highlights the way Gauchet’s work remains faithful to an understanding of history that stresses the role of humanity as a collective subject, while also seeking to account for both the historical novelty of contemporary individualism and the new form of alienation that radical modernity engenders. In doing so, the book also opens up new avenues for reflection on the political significance of the contemporary health crisis. Marcel Gauchet and the Crisis of Democratic Politics will be of great interest to scholars and postgraduate students of social and political thought, political anthropology and sociology, political philosophy, and political theory.

Author : Ulrich Beck,Anthony Giddens,Scott Lash
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804724725

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Reflexive Modernization by Ulrich Beck,Anthony Giddens,Scott Lash Pdf

Three prominent social thinkers discuss how modern society is undercutting its formations of class, stratum, occupations, sex roles, the nuclear family, and more. Reflexive modernization, or the way one kind of modernization undercuts and changes another, has wide ranging implications for contemporary social and cultural theory, as this provocative book demonstrates.

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745666563

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Politics, Sociology and Social Theory by Anthony Giddens Pdf

Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a challenging critique of major traditions of social and political analysis, but unique insights into the ideas which Giddens has developed over the past two decades.

Author : John B. Thompson,David Held
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015005685188

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Habermas by John B. Thompson,David Held Pdf

Author : Anthony Giddens,Christopher Pierson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745677101

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Conversations with Anthony Giddens by Anthony Giddens,Christopher Pierson Pdf

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important Englishsocial philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and evenmore books, he has established himself as the most widely-read andwidely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas haveprofoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology andsocial theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recentyears, his writing has become much more explicitly political, andin 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of theLondon School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this newposition and with these new political ideas that he has beendescribed as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain.Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 GeneralElection, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest. In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddenslays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themesin the development of his social theory and the distinctivepolitical agenda which he recommends. This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-yearstudents in sociology and social theory, politics and politicaltheory, as well as to the general reader.