{"product_id":"social-theory-9780745638409","title":"Social Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second edition of this remarkably lucid text, provides a wide-ranging historical introduction to social theory. The new edition preserves, and further enhances, the book's striking qualities - its clarity, reliability, comprehensiveness and scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best of its kind on the market.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Fuller, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Alex Callincos has written one of the best historical introductions to sociological theory. His book also does a nice job of connecting sociological theory to broader intellectual trends and movements. This new edition sustains the quality and improves the coverage.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Calhoun, \u003ci\u003eNew York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The second edition of Alex Callincos' \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory\u003c\/i\u003e reads in the same beautifully clear, reliable and accessible way as the first edition. The new material adds a further dimension to this splendid book, bringing it fully up to date with debates in which Callinicos has himself played a part.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Outhwaite, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Sussex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Enlightenment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 1 Prehistory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 2 The concept of modernity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 3 A moral science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 4 The development of social theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 5 Inner strains\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Hegel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. 1 Reconciling modernity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. 2 The labour of the negative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. 3 The debate over modernity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Liberals and Reactionaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. 1 Post-revolutionary debates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. 2 Agonistic liberalism: Tocqueville and Mill\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. 3 Providence and race: Maistre and Gobineau\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Marx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. 1 The adventures of the dialectic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. 2 History and capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. 3 Class struggle and revolution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Life and Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. 1 Evolution before and after Darwin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. 2 Two evolutionists: Spencer and Kautsky\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. 3 Nature as the will to power: Nietzsche\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Durkheim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. 1 Social evolution and scientific objectivity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. 2 Society as a moral reality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. 3 Meaning and belief\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Weber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. 1 Prussian agriculture and the German state\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. 2 Science and the warring gods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. 3 History and rationalization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. 4 Liberal imperialism and democratic politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. The Illusions of Progress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. 1 The strange death of liberal Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. 2 Objectivity and estrangement: Simmel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. 3 The self dissected: Freud\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. 4 Memories of underdevelopment: Russian intellectuals and capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Revolution and Counter-Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. 1 Hegelian Marxism: Lukács and Gramsci\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. 2 Heidegger and the conservative revolution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. The Golden Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 1 Theories of capitalism: Keynes and Hayek\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 2 Functionalist sociology: Talcott Parsons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 3 Despairing critique: the Frankfurt school\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Crack-Up?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 1 The 1960s and after\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 2 Structure and subject: Lévi-Strauss and Althusser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 3 Nietzsche’s revenge: Foucault and poststructuralism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 4 Carrying on the tradition: Habermas and Bourdieu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Debating modernity and postmodernity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 1 Postmodernity?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 2 Modernity and capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 3 Reason and nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 4 Theory and practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 5 Universal and particular\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 6 Beyond capitalism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Changing the subject: globalization, capitalism, and imperialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. 1 Much ado about globalization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. 2 The social as networks ... or as nothing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. 3 Back to capitalism - and imperialism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. 4 The debate resumed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404374483287,"sku":"9780745638409","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-theory-9780745638409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}