LEADER 02822nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910810760803321 005 20240410095510.0 010 $a1-4739-4605-0 010 $a0-7619-6773-7 010 $a1-280-37033-5 010 $a9786610370337 010 $a1-4129-3328-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031162 035 $a(EBL)254756 035 $a(OCoLC)228114392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10321290 035 $a(PQKB)10939103 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254756 035 $a(OCoLC)729031009 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10080954 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL37033 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB131180 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031162 100 $a20120327d2001 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExplorations in social theory$b[electronic resource] $efrom metatheorizing to rationalization /$fGeorge Ritzer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4462-2016-8 311 $a0-7619-6772-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index. 327 $aMetatheorizing 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. 330 8 $aRitzer 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. 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 676 $a301.01 700 $aRitzer$b George$0128088 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810760803321 996 $aExplorations in social theory$915303 997 $aUNINA