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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785741003321

Autore

Bottomore T. B. <1920-1992., >

Titolo

Sociology as social criticism / / T.B. Bottomore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-92315-2

1-283-60726-3

9786613919717

1-136-92316-0

0-203-84486-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

301

301.01

301/.01

Soggetti

Sociology

Social movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1975 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Conservatism and Radicalism in Sociology; PART I. Social Theories; 1. Conservative Man1; 2. Out of This World: The Sociological Theory of Talcott Parsons1; 3. The Crisis in Sociology1; 4. Capitalism, Socialism and Development; 5. Karl Marx: Sociologist or Marxist?1; PART II. Classes and Elites; 6. In Search of a Proletariat 1; 7. Class Structure and Social Consciousness1; 8. Class and Politics in Western Europe1; 9. The Administrative Elite1; 10. Cohesion and Division in Indian Elites1; PART III. Social Movements and Political Action

11. Conflict and Social Change112. The Political Context of Technology1; 13. Reflections on the Student Movement1; 14. The Prospect for Radicalism1; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1975, this collection of essays embodies a conception of sociological thought as a critical analysis of social theories and doctrines, of social institutions and political regimes, of recent social movements. They deal, in particular, with some



conservative versions of sociology and with attempts to develop more radical theories; they extend the author's previous writings on classes, elites and politics; and they analyse some of the problems of socialism in the late twentieth century. There is a close unity of theme througout the book in its critical attempt to for