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"Critical Theory and Social Transformation provides an exploration of the major themes in critical social theory of recent years. Delanty argues that a critical theory perspective can offer much needed insights into the pressing socio-political challenges of our time. In this volume, he advances the need to reconnect social theory and social research and to return to the foundational concerns of critical social theory. Delanty engages with the key topics facing critical social theorists: capitalism, cosmopolitanism, modernity, the Anthropocene, and Europe. The connecting thread is that the topics are all contemporary challenges for critical theory and relate to major social transformations. The notions of critique, crisis and social transformation are central to the book. Critical Theory and Social Transformation will be of interest to the broad readership in social and political theory. It will appeal to the those working in sociology, political sociology, politics and international studies, and to anyone with an interest in any of the chapter specific topics, such as public space, memory, and neo-authoritarianism"--

Introduction: The past in the present, part I : making sense of a transnational world -- Transnationalism in historical and sociological analysis -- Modernity and the plurality of Europe -- Europe unbounded : critical cosmopolitanism and the problem of Eurocentrism, part II : encounters, routes, transfers and entanglements -- Cultural encounters and European civilisation -- Europe and modernity as reference cultures -- The making of European society and the entanglement of capitalism and democracy -- The legacy of European integration : Europe in the world, part III : looking to the future -- Solidarity as a political legacy for Europe today -- Making sense of Brexit : a divided nation in a divided Europe -- Europe beyond the crisis : re-inventing the European heritage I : making sense of a transnational world.

Preface -- Introduction -- Community as an idea : loss and recovery -- Community and society : myths of modernity -- Urban community : locality and belonging -- Political community : communitarianism and citizenship -- Community and difference : varieties of multiculturalism -- Communities of dissent : the idea of communication communities -- Postmodern community : community beyond unity -- Cosmopolitan community : between the local and the global -- Virtual community : belonging as communication -- Conclusion: theorizing community today.

This innovative publication maps out the broad and interdisciplinary field of contemporary European social theory. It covers sociological theory, the wider theoretical traditions in the social sciences including cultural and political theory, anthropological theory, social philosophy and social thought in the broadest sense of the term. This volume surveys the classical heritage, the major national traditions and the fate of social theory in a post-national and post-disciplinary era. It also identifies what is distinctive about European social theory in terms of themes and traditions. It is di

Delanty presents a fresh assessment of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought, examining the failures to respond to globalization and intercultural communication. He avoids a purely normative conception of cosmopolitanism and reduces it to an expression of diversity taking in non-Western cultures

This major new book tackles key questions on Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. The contributors - sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers and historians - show, from a variety of different perspectives, that the conventional equation of Europe with the West must be questioned. Featuring four thematically organized chapters, the book looks at: a post-Western world Asia in Europe: encounters in history between Europe and Asia otherness in Europe and Asia. Exploring new expressions of European self-understanding in a way that challenges recent ideological notions of the 'clash of civilizations', this outstanding work draws on recent scholarship that shows how Europe and Asia were mutually linked in history and in contemporary perspective. It argues that as a result of current developments and the changing geopolitical context, both Europe and Asia have much in common and that it is possible to speak of cosmopolitan links rather than clashes. This book will be of great value to students and researchers in the fields of sociology, European politics and history and cultural theory.