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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784095103321

Autore

King Anthony <1967->

Titolo

The structure of social theory [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

0-203-68878-3

1-134-57474-6

1-280-05633-9

9786610056330

0-203-64669-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 39

Classificazione

71.02

Disciplina

301/.09

Soggetti

Sociology - History

Sociology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; PART I; Contemporary Social Theory; 1 Structure and Agency; 2 The Relevance of Parsons; 3 Structure, Habitus, Discourse; 4 The Reality of Realism; PART II; Classical Sociology; 5 Hegel and the Concept of Geist; 6 From Praxis to Historical Materialism; 7 Status Groups and the Protestant Ethic; 8 Society and Ritual; PART III; Towards a Hermeneutic Sociology; 9 Hermeneutics and Idealism; 10 Hermeneutics and Individualism; 11 Hermeneutics and Critique; 12 Beyond Structure and Agency; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last three decades, social theory has become an increasingly important subdiscipline within sociology. Social theory has attempted to elucidate the philosophical basis of sociology by defining the nature of social reality. According to social theory, society consists of objective institutions, structure, on the one hand, and individuals, agency on the other, it promotes human social relations, insisting that in every instance social reality consists of these relations.