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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

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.