LEADER 03205oam 2200685I 450 001 9910785741003321 005 20230207214505.0 010 $a1-136-92315-2 010 $a1-283-60726-3 010 $a9786613919717 010 $a1-136-92316-0 010 $a0-203-84486-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203844861 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242195 035 $a(EBL)1024718 035 $a(OCoLC)811617693 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000739294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11500533 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687398 035 $a(PQKB)10417912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024718 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024718 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603394 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391971 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137984 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242195 100 $a20180706e20101975 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSociology as social criticism /$fT.B. Bottomore 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge revivals 300 $aFirst published in 1975 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 311 $a0-415-58129-X 311 $a0-415-58104-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Conservatism and Radicalism in Sociology; PART I. Social Theories; 1. Conservative Man1; 2. Out of This World: The Sociological Theory of Talcott Parsons1; 3. The Crisis in Sociology1; 4. Capitalism, Socialism and Development; 5. Karl Marx: Sociologist or Marxist?1; PART II. Classes and Elites; 6. In Search of a Proletariat 1; 7. Class Structure and Social Consciousness1; 8. Class and Politics in Western Europe1; 9. The Administrative Elite1; 10. Cohesion and Division in Indian Elites1; PART III. Social Movements and Political Action 327 $a11. Conflict and Social Change112. The Political Context of Technology1; 13. Reflections on the Student Movement1; 14. The Prospect for Radicalism1; Index 330 $aFirst published in 1975, this collection of essays embodies a conception of sociological thought as a critical analysis of social theories and doctrines, of social institutions and political regimes, of recent social movements. They deal, in particular, with some conservative versions of sociology and with attempts to develop more radical theories; they extend the author's previous writings on classes, elites and politics; and they analyse some of the problems of socialism in the late twentieth century. There is a close unity of theme througout the book in its critical attempt to for 410 0$aRoutledge Revivals 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial movements 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial movements. 676 $a301 676 $a301.01 676 $a301/.01 700 $aBottomore$b T. B.$f1920-1992.,$0144174 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785741003321 996 $aSociology as social criticism$92637369 997 $aUNINA