The diversity of social theories [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Harry F. Dahms

• Pubblicazione: Bingley [England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.1; 300.902
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DahmsHarry F
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Revisiting modernity : between authoritarianism and revolution -- pt. 2. Author-meets-critics : Amy Allen's The politics of our selves -- pt. 3. Theses - antitheses - syntheses : continuing the traditions of social theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the time when Talcott Parsons pursued the project of one overarching "general theory of society," the landscape of social theory has vastly changed, and the pluralism and multidimensionality increased tremendously. Today, with so many different approaches in and to social theory, and multiple ways of defining and describing their relationship to and relevance for the social sciences, there has been a growing danger of diversity and pluralism tipping into fragmentation, making the prospect of social scientists and sociologists being able to communicate with the expectation of reaching som
• Titolo autorizzato: The diversity of social theories
• ISBN: 1-283-35468-3; 9786613354686; 0-85724-822-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461632103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Current perspectives in social theory ; ; v. 29.