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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830720303321

Autore

Outhwaite William

Titolo

Social theory and postcommunism [[electronic resource] /] / William Outhwaite and Larry Ray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2005

ISBN

1-280-19749-8

9786610197491

0-470-70101-3

0-470-77334-0

1-4051-3784-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RayLarry J

Disciplina

301.01

301/.01

320.532

Soggetti

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Post-communism

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. [217]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : being taken by surprise -- Theory after the fall -- Class : Marx and Weber -- Society, solidarity and anomie : Durkheim -- Three types of convergence -- Socialism, modernity and beyond -- Globalization and convergence -- Civil society East and West -- Modernity, memory and post-communism -- Concluding themes.

Sommario/riassunto

Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theoryDiscusses alternative ideas of social organizations other than capitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communismCovers state/civil society, globalization, the future of "modernity," and post-socialism</