Politics, Sociology and Social Theory: Encounters with Classical and Contemporary Social Thought

Name: Politics, Sociology and Social Theory: Encounters with Classical and Contemporary Social Thought
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ISBN: 9780745615400

ISBN-10: 0745615406

ISBN-13: 9780745615400

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Authors: Anthony Giddens

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This book is built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought. It serves as a comprehensive introduction to some of the main debates preoccupying the social sciences and politics.

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List price: $39.95
Publisher: Polity
Pages: 312
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.78" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.836



Preface


Introduction



Politics and Sociology in the Thought of Max Weber



Marx, Weber and the Development of Capitalism



Durkheim's Political Sociology



Durkheim and the Question of Individualism



Comte, Popper and Positivism



'Power' in the Writings of Talcott Parsons



The Improbable Guru: Re-reading Marcuse



Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and Hermeneutics



Habermas on Labour and Interaction



Foucault, Nietzsche and Marx


Notes


Index