02534nam 2200625 a 450 991045443690332120200520144314.01-84860-550-10-7619-7088-61-281-79823-19786611798239(CKB)1000000000577293(EBL)354958(OCoLC)476177229(SSID)ssj0000247723(PQKBManifestationID)11192290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247723(PQKBWorkID)10200821(PQKB)11483374(MiAaPQ)EBC354958(OCoLC)294908023(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072022(PPN)238401022(Au-PeEL)EBL354958(CaPaEBR)ebr10256840(CaONFJC)MIL179823(EXLCZ)99100000000057729320120412d2006 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial theory[electronic resource] central issues in sociology /John ScottLondon SAGEc20061 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2075-3 0-7619-7087-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-299) and index.Cover; Contents; Focus Boxes; Study Guide; Chapter 1 - Social Theory: Should We Forget the Founders?; Chapter 2 - Genealogy of the Social; Chapter 3 - Culture, System, and Socialisation: Formative Views; Chapter 4 - Action, Conflict, and Nature: Formative Views; Chapter 5 - Culture, Systems, and Socialisation: Developments; Chapter 6 - Action, Conflict, and Nature: Developments; Chapter 7 - Modernity and Rationalisation; Chapter 8 - Intimations of Post-Modernity; Bibliography; IndexThis work is a comprehensive critical review of social theory that places leading contributions in their larger context, from the philosophical foundations of sociology and the discovery of 'the social' to distinctive sociological approaches, to questions of modernity and post-modernity.SociologySocial sciencesPhilosophyElectronic books.Sociology.Social sciencesPhilosophy.301Scott John1949-20057StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910454436903321Social theory2453461UNINA