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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782516703321

Autore

Wagner Peter <1956 September 18->

Titolo

Theorising modernity [[electronic resource] ] : inescapability and attainability in social theory / / Peter Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2001

ISBN

9786610369294

1-280-36929-9

1-4462-1706-X

1-4129-3376-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Civilization, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Theorizing Modernity; Chapter 1 - the Certainty of Knowledge; Chapter 2 - The Viability of the Polity; Chapter 3 - The Continuity of Selfhood; Chapter 4 - The Accessibility of the Past; Interlude: Modernity and Exile; Chapter 5 - The transparency of the Future; Epilogue: Historicity, Plurality, Problematiques; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Theorising Modernity' argues that sociology has not lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the present human condition because it has stopped considering the philosophical requirements of social enquiry.