Suchergebnisse

A new nexus of social change -- From the critique of objectification to the reconceptualization of alienation -- System integration and social disintegration -- The end of immanent critique? -- Positive liberty and social justice -- Social freedom and social autonomy

Explanatory logics -- Sociology, science, and applied theory -- Theoretical systems -- The refinement of theoretical systems -- Creating theory: the art of normal science -- Action theoretical orientations -- Action theoretical orientations -- Social systems and social structure -- Self interest: exchange -- Self interest: power -- Self interest: adaptation -- Relationships: social bond -- Relationships: altruism -- Auxiliary theoretical orientations -- Auxiliary logic: function -- Auxiliary logic: identity -- Theories -- Action theories of parental nurturance -- Evaluation -- The sociology of sociological theory

An introduction to sociological theories -- Marx and marxism -- Max weber -- Emile Durkheim -- Interpretive sociology : action theories -- Language, discourse and power in modernity : Jürgen Habermas and Michel Foucault -- Social structures and social action -- Feminist and gender theories -- Sociology and its publics

Introduction: three models of social theory in education -- Durkheimian social theory in education -- Marxist social theory in education -- Weberian social theory in education -- Conclusion: beyond classical sociology

"Now in its third edition, Anthony Elliott's comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction continues to be the indispensable guide to social theory. Fully revised and updated, the book examines the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to posthumanism, and from feminism and post-structuralism to globalization theory and beyond. Classical debates in social theory are given careful appraisal, as are the major contemporary theorists - including Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Julia Kristeva, Slavoj Zizek, Manuel Castells, Ulrich Beck, Zygmunt Bauman, Shoshana Zuboff and Bernard Stiegler. This edition includes a new chapter on the digital revolution, with consideration of how digital technologies in general and artificial intelligence in particular are resahaping societies. Like its predecessors, the third edition of Contemporary Social Theory combines stylish exposition with reflective social critique and original insights. This volume will prove a superb textbook with which to navigate the twists and turns of contemporary social theory as taught in the disciplines of sociology, politics, cultural and media studies and many more"--