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Social theory : a historical introduction / Alex Callinicos.
Publication details: London : Polity Press, 2013Description: x, 376 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780745638409
- 301.01 CAL
Contents:
Introduction 1. The Enlightenment 1. 1 Prehistory 1. 2 The concept of modernity 1. 3 A moral science 1. 4 The development of social theory 1. 5 Inner strains 2. Hegel 2. 1 Reconciling modernity 2. 2 The labour of the negative 2. 3 The debate over modernity 3. Liberals and Reactionaries 3. 1 Post-revolutionary debates 3. 2 Agonistic liberalism: Tocqueville and Mill 3. 3 Providence and race: Maistre and Gobineau 4. Marx 4. 1 The adventures of the dialectic 4. 2 History and capitalism 4. 3 Class struggle and revolution 5. Life and Power 5. 1 Evolution before and after Darwin 5. 2 Two evolutionists: Spencer and Kautsky 5. 3 Nature as the will to power: Nietzsche 6. Durkheim 6. 1 Social evolution and scientific objectivity 6. 2 Society as a moral reality 6. 3 Meaning and belief 7. Weber 7. 1 Prussian agriculture and the German state 7. 2 Science and the warring gods 7. 3 History and rationalization 7. 4 Liberal imperialism and democratic politics 8. The Illusions of Progress 8. 1 The strange death of liberal Europe 8. 2 Objectivity and estrangement: Simmel 8. 3 The self dissected: Freud 8. 4 Memories of underdevelopment: Russian intellectuals and capitalism 9. Revolution and Counter-Revolution 9. 1 Hegelian Marxism: Lukács and Gramsci 9. 2 Heidegger and the conservative revolution 10. The Golden Age 10. 1 Theories of capitalism: Keynes and Hayek 10. 2 Functionalist sociology: Talcott Parsons 10. 3 Despairing critique: the Frankfurt school 11. Crack-Up? 11. 1 The 1960s and after 11. 2 Structure and subject: Lévi-Strauss and Althusser 11. 3 Nietzsche’s revenge: Foucault and poststructuralism 11. 4 Carrying on the tradition: Habermas and Bourdieu 12. Debating modernity and postmodernity 12. 1 Postmodernity? 12. 2 Modernity and capitalism 12. 3 Reason and nature 12. 4 Theory and practice 12. 5 Universal and particular 12. 6 Beyond capitalism? 13. Changing the subject: globalization, capitalism, and imperialism 13. 1 Much ado about globalization 13. 2 The social as networks ... or as nothing 13. 3 Back to capitalism - and imperialism? 13
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Introduction 1. The Enlightenment 1. 1 Prehistory 1. 2 The concept of modernity 1. 3 A moral science 1. 4 The development of social theory 1. 5 Inner strains 2. Hegel 2. 1 Reconciling modernity 2. 2 The labour of the negative 2. 3 The debate over modernity 3. Liberals and Reactionaries 3. 1 Post-revolutionary debates 3. 2 Agonistic liberalism: Tocqueville and Mill 3. 3 Providence and race: Maistre and Gobineau 4. Marx 4. 1 The adventures of the dialectic 4. 2 History and capitalism 4. 3 Class struggle and revolution 5. Life and Power 5. 1 Evolution before and after Darwin 5. 2 Two evolutionists: Spencer and Kautsky 5. 3 Nature as the will to power: Nietzsche 6. Durkheim 6. 1 Social evolution and scientific objectivity 6. 2 Society as a moral reality 6. 3 Meaning and belief 7. Weber 7. 1 Prussian agriculture and the German state 7. 2 Science and the warring gods 7. 3 History and rationalization 7. 4 Liberal imperialism and democratic politics 8. The Illusions of Progress 8. 1 The strange death of liberal Europe 8. 2 Objectivity and estrangement: Simmel 8. 3 The self dissected: Freud 8. 4 Memories of underdevelopment: Russian intellectuals and capitalism 9. Revolution and Counter-Revolution 9. 1 Hegelian Marxism: Lukács and Gramsci 9. 2 Heidegger and the conservative revolution 10. The Golden Age 10. 1 Theories of capitalism: Keynes and Hayek 10. 2 Functionalist sociology: Talcott Parsons 10. 3 Despairing critique: the Frankfurt school 11. Crack-Up? 11. 1 The 1960s and after 11. 2 Structure and subject: Lévi-Strauss and Althusser 11. 3 Nietzsche’s revenge: Foucault and poststructuralism 11. 4 Carrying on the tradition: Habermas and Bourdieu 12. Debating modernity and postmodernity 12. 1 Postmodernity? 12. 2 Modernity and capitalism 12. 3 Reason and nature 12. 4 Theory and practice 12. 5 Universal and particular 12. 6 Beyond capitalism? 13. Changing the subject: globalization, capitalism, and imperialism 13. 1 Much ado about globalization 13. 2 The social as networks ... or as nothing 13. 3 Back to capitalism - and imperialism? 13