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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968743803321

Autore

Miles Steven

Titolo

Social theory in the real world / / Steven Miles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

9786612559457

9780761961567

0761961569

9781857022155

1857022157

9781446236765

1446236765

9781282559455

1282559451

9780857022158

0857022156

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

300.1

Soggetti

Social sciences - 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. [176]-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Introduction: The 'Reality' of Social Theory; 2 - A Mass Society?; 3 - A Post-Industrial Society?; 4 - A Consumer Society?; 5 - A Post-Modern 'Society'?; 6 - A McDonaldized Society?; 7 - A Risk Society?; 8 - A Global Society?; 9 - Theorizing for 'Real'; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author demonstrates that social theory need not be remote and obscure, but if used in imaginative ways, can be indispensable in challenging our common sense perceptions and understandings.