Social Theory The State And Modern Society

Author : Michael Marinetto
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335233908

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In recent years there has been a proliferation of approaches which have redefined our understanding of political power and the state. These contemporary state theories have philosophical and theoretical antecedents that can be traced to post-classical social and political thought: their influences can be traced to feminism, structuralism and poststructuralism, cultural theory, network analysis and globalisation theory. The classical theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim are altogether less important in contemporary state theory. In Social Theory, the State and Modern Society, Mike Marinetto considers the philosophical and theoretical heritage of modern state theory and then critiques the theories that have evolved from this legacy. Topics covered include: The poststructural state Governance and the decentred state The gendered state The cultural turn in state theory The state in a global context The past, present and future of state theory Social Theory, the State and Modern Society is key reading for students of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy. It is also of interest to researchers and academics with an interest in state theory.

Author : Edward Royce
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442243248

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Classical Social Theory and Modern Society by Edward Royce Pdf

Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, and Max Weber are indispensable for understanding the sociological enterprise. They are among the chief founders of the discipline and among the foremost theorists of modernity, and their work can stimulate readers to reflect on their own identities and worldviews. Classical Social Theory and Modern Society introduces students to these three thinkers and shows their continued relevance today. The first chapter sets the stage by situating the work of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber in the context of three modernizing revolutions: the Enlightenment, the French Revolution of 1789, and the Industrial Revolution. Three overview chapters follow that summarize the key ideas of each thinker, focusing on their contributions to the development of sociology and their conceptions of modern society. The last portion of the book explores the thinking of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber on four themes—the pathologies of modern society, the predicament of the modern individual, the state and democracy, and socialism versus capitalism. These thematic chapters place Marx, Durkheim, and Weber in dialogue with one another, offering students the opportunity to wrestle with conflicting ideas on issues that are still significant today. Classical sociology is essential to the teaching of sociology and also an invaluable tool in the education of citizens.

Author : Michael Marinetto
Publisher : Open University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0335214266

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Social Theory, The State and Modern Society by Michael Marinetto Pdf

In recent years there has been a proliferation of approaches which have redefined our understanding of political power and the state. These contemporary state theories have philosophical and theoretical antecedents that can be traced to post-classical social and political thought: their influences can be traced to feminism, structuralism and poststructuralism, cultural theory, network analysis and globalisation theory. The classical theories of Marx, Weber and Durkheim are altogether less important in contemporary state theory. In Social Theory, the State and Modern Society, Mike Marinetto considers the philosophical and theoretical heritage of modern state theory and then critiques the theories that have evolved from this legacy. Topics covered include: The poststructural state Governance and the decentred state The gendered state The cultural turn in state theory The state in a global context The past, present and future of state theory Social Theory, the State and Modern Society is key reading for students of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy. It is also of interest to researchers and academics with an interest in state theory.

Author : David Held,John B. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1989-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 052126197X

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Social Theory of Modern Societies by David Held,John B. Thompson Pdf

During the past decade, Anthony Giddens has published a series of substantial volumes that have defined a distinctive and original theoretical approach. The twin focal points of his research are the "theory of structuration" and the analysis of "modernity." Giddens' writing on these and related themes are widely recognized as among the most important contributions to theoretical debate in the social sciences. This is the first book to provide a systematic and critical assessment of Giddens' work. It includes eleven critical essays specially commissioned from contributors who are well known in their own fields. In a concluding essay, Giddens responds to the criticisms raised by these and other authors, and clarifies and elaborates on his current views.

Author : Daniel Chernilo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134150120

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A Social Theory of the Nation-State by Daniel Chernilo Pdf

A Social Theory of the Nation-State construes a novel and original social theory of the nation-state. It rejects nationalistic ways of thinking that take the nation-state for granted as much as globalist orthodoxy that speaks of its current and definitive decline.

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745666648

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Social Theory and Modern Sociology by Anthony Giddens Pdf

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century. Composed of closely integrated papers, all written over the past few years, the book includes seven essays not previously published, plus two have not appeared in English before. In assessing the likely future evolution of sociology in particular, and the social sciences in general, the author both draws upon ideas established in his more abstract theoretical writings and examines critically competing traditions of thought. Those looking for an accessible introduction to Gidden's writing will find in this book a set of clear expositions of his basic ideas. By situating these ideas in relation to the critical assessment of the views of others, however, the author provides new sources of insight into the distinctiveness of his own claims.

Author : Stjepan Mestrovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134866014

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Anthony Giddens by Stjepan Mestrovic Pdf

Anthony Giddens is arguably the world's leading sociologist. In this controversial contribution to the Giddens debate, Stjepan Mestrovic takes up and criticizes the major themes of his work - particularly the concept of 'high modernity' as opposed to 'postmodernity' and his attempted construction of a 'synthetic' tradition based on human agency and structure. Testing Giddens' theories against what is happening in the real world from genocide in Africa to near secession in Quebec, Mestrovic discerns in the construction of synthetic traditions not the promise of freedom held out by Giddens but rather the ominous potential for new forms of totalitarian control.

Author : Daniel Chernilo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134150113

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A Social Theory of the Nation-State by Daniel Chernilo Pdf

A Social Theory of the Nation-State: the political forms of modernity beyond methodological nationalism, construes a novel and original social theory of the nation-state. It rejects nationalistic ways of thinking that take the nation-state for granted as much as globalist orthodoxy that speaks of its current and definitive decline. Its main aim is therefore to provide a renovated account of the nation-state’s historical development and recent global challenges via an analysis of the writings of key social theorists. This reconstruction of the history of the nation-state into three periods: classical (K. Marx, M. Weber, E. Durkheim) modernist (T. Parsons, R. Aron, R. Bendix, B. Moore) contemporary (M. Mann, E. Hobsbawm, U. Beck, M. Castells, N. Luhmann, J. Habermas) For each phase, it introduces social theory’s key views about the nation-state, its past, present and future. In so doing this book rejects methodological nationalism, the claim that the nation-state is the necessary representation of the modern society, because it misrepresents the nation-state’s own problematic trajectory in modernity. And methodological nationalism is also rejected because it is unable to capture the richness of social theory’s intellectual canon. Instead, via a strong conception of society and a subtler notion of the nation-state, A Social Theory of the Nation-State tries to account for the ‘opacity of the nation-state in modernity’.

Author : Kenneth Tucker
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1973-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107268043

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Capitalism and Modern Social Theory by Anthony Giddens Pdf

Giddens's analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. The first three sections of the book, based on close textual examination of the original sources, contain separate treatments of each writer. The author demonstrates the internal coherence of their respective contributions to social theory. The concluding section discusses the principal ways in which Marx can be compared with the other two authors, and discusses misconceptions of some conventional views on the subject.

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : New York : Free Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106005880825

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Sociological Theory and Modern Society by Talcott Parsons Pdf

Author : Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1977-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780029328804

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Law in Modern Society by Roberto Mangabeira Unger Pdf

"Law in Modern Society" is a comparative study of the place of law in societies as well as a criticism of social theory. Under what conditions do different kinds of law emerge? What are the bases of the rule of law ideal that marks advanced liberal, capitalist societies? What can the study of law teach us about social hierarchy and moral vision in these societies, and, indeed, about the specificity of Western civilization? Why do we find it necessary to struggle for the rule of law and impossible to achieve it? What political possibilities are closed or opened by present-day changes in the established styles of legality and legal thought? Unger deals with these questions in a broad range of historical settings. But he also relates them to the central issues of social theory: the method of explanation, the conditions of social order, and the nature of 'modern' society. the book argues that to resolve its own internal dilemmas the science of society must once again become both metaphysical and political.

Author : Harry F. Dahms,Lawrence Hazelrigg
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781781900345

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Theorizing Modern Society as a Dynamic Process by Harry F. Dahms,Lawrence Hazelrigg Pdf

Emphasis is placed in Continental European social theory, and on the importance of political analyses to theorizing modern societies. This title focuses on dynamic processes that gave way to illuminate structural features of modern social life.

Author : John Bratton,David Denham
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442606531

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Capitalism and Classical Social Theory by John Bratton,David Denham Pdf

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory, Second Edition offers solid coverage of the classical triumvirate (Marx, Durkheim, and Weber), but also extends the canon strategically to include Simmel, four early female theorists, and the writings of Du Bois.

Author : Gurminder K. Bhambra,John Holmwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509541317

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Colonialism and Modern Social Theory by Gurminder K. Bhambra,John Holmwood Pdf

Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings of modern society, which are organised instead around ideas of nation state and capitalist economy. Gurminder K. Bhambra and John Holmwood address this absence by examining the role of colonialism in the development of modern society and the legacies it has bequeathed. Beginning with a consideration of the role of colonialism and empire in the formation of social theory from Hobbes to Hegel, the authors go on to focus on the work of Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Du Bois. As well as unpicking critical omissions and misrepresentations, the chapters discuss the places where colonialism is acknowledged and discussed – albeit inadequately – by these founding figures; and we come to see what this fresh rereading has to offer and why it matters. This inspiring and insightful book argues for a reconstruction of social theory that should lead to a better understanding of contemporary social thought, its limitations, and its wider possibilities.