02507nam 2200745 a 450 991096874380332120241226111150.097866125594579780761961567076196156997818570221551857022157978144623676514462367659781282559455128255945197808570221580857022156(CKB)2520000000007240(EBL)483395(OCoLC)609855878(SSID)ssj0000365994(PQKBManifestationID)12098851(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365994(PQKBWorkID)10415061(PQKB)11225735(MiAaPQ)EBC483395(OCoLC)654328596(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064183(Au-PeEL)EBL483395(CaPaEBR)ebr10369642(CaONFJC)MIL255945208026(FR-PaCSA)88869708(FRCYB88869708)88869708(EXLCZ)99252000000000724020120327d2001 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSocial theory in the real world /Steven Miles1st ed.London SAGE20011 online resource (186 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781446218778 1446218775 9780761961550 0761961550 Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-183) and index.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; IndexThe 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.Social sciencesPhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophy.300.1300.1Miles Steven302705StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910968743803321Social theory in the real world4342238UNINA