03093nam 22006974a 450 991078409510332120230110225031.00-203-68878-31-134-57474-61-280-05633-997866100563300-203-64669-X(CKB)1000000000255408(EBL)200076(OCoLC)814399167(SSID)ssj0000310573(PQKBManifestationID)11239021(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310573(PQKBWorkID)10287347(PQKB)10641243(SSID)ssj0000800055(PQKBManifestationID)12407838(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000800055(PQKBWorkID)10765516(PQKB)21031297(MiAaPQ)EBC200076(Au-PeEL)EBL200076(CaPaEBR)ebr10273131(CaONFJC)MIL5633(EXLCZ)99100000000025540820031022d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe structure of social theory[electronic resource] /Anthony KingLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (279 p.)Routledge studies in social and political thought ;39Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65206-5 0-415-26334-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index.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; IndexOver 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.Routledge studies in social and political thought ;39.SociologyHistorySociologyPhilosophySociologyHistory.SociologyPhilosophy.301/.0971.02bclKing Anthony1967-881914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784095103321The structure of social theory3817131UNINA