02806nam 2200625 a 450 991081909240332120240430201516.01-281-29430-697866112943041-84714-107-2(CKB)1000000000410648(EBL)436472(OCoLC)290598349(SSID)ssj0000160274(PQKBManifestationID)11149139(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160274(PQKBWorkID)10183194(PQKB)10460673(MiAaPQ)EBC436472(Au-PeEL)EBL436472(CaPaEBR)ebr10224837(CaONFJC)MIL129430(OCoLC)893334168(EXLCZ)99100000000041064820040525d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe future of social theory /Nicholas Gane1st ed.London ;New York Continuumc20041 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-7065-3 0-8264-7066-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction: Rethinking Social Theory; 2. Zygmunt Bauman: Liquid Sociality; 3. Judith Butler: Reanimating the Social; 4. Bruno Latour: The Social as Association; 5. Scott Lash: Information is Alive; 6. John Urry: Complex Mobilities; 7. Saskia Sassen: Space and Power; 8. Ulrich Beck: The Cosmopolitan Turn; 9. Nikolas Rose: Governing the Social; 10. Françoise Vergés: Postcolonial Challenges; IndexThe basic concept of society has come under attack-political acts, critical theory, new media and even history itself have undermined what we think of as the social. The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world's leading social theorists on what society means today: Zygmunt Bauman, John Urry, Saska Sassen, Bruno Latour, Scott Lash, Nikolas Rose, Judith Butler and Francoise Verges.The topics covered include: liquid modernization and the individualization of society; the shift towards global forms of chaos and complexity; the displacement of the social into global ciSociologyPhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophySociologistsInterviewsSociologyPhilosophy.Social sciencesPhilosophy.Sociologists301/.01Gane Nicholas1971-1632470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819092403321The future of social theory3971631UNINA