02822nam 2200613 a 450 991081076080332120240410095510.01-4739-4605-00-7619-6773-71-280-37033-597866103703371-4129-3328-5(CKB)1000000000031162(EBL)254756(OCoLC)228114392(SSID)ssj0000152244(PQKBManifestationID)11161189(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152244(PQKBWorkID)10321290(PQKB)10939103(MiAaPQ)EBC254756(OCoLC)729031009(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064209(Au-PeEL)EBL254756(CaPaEBR)ebr10080954(CaONFJC)MIL37033(FINmELB)ELB131180(EXLCZ)99100000000003116220120327d2001 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrExplorations in social theory[electronic resource] from metatheorizing to rationalization /George Ritzer1st ed.London SAGEc20011 online resource (xii, 303 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2016-8 0-7619-6772-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index.Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos (?) in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? -- The McDonaldization of American sociology: a metasociological analysis.Ritzer offers a description of the sociological condition in this text. It contains reflections on uses and missuses of metatheory and finds a way out of the confusion by sketching out the lineaments of an integrated sociological paradigm.Social sciencesPhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophy.301.01Ritzer George128088StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910810760803321Explorations in social theory15303UNINA