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Author | : Roberta Garner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-09-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317252837 |
The authors recontextualize contemporary sociological theory to argue that in recent decades sociology has been deeply permeated by a new paradigm, conflict constructionism. Their analysis integrates and sheds new light on eight prominent domains of recent social thought: the micro-level; discourses, framing, and renewed interest in signs and language; the construction of difference and dominance; regulation and punishment; cultural complexity and transculturation; the body; new approaches to the role of the state; and a consistent conflict perspective. The paradigm combines elements of both social construction theory and conflict theory. It has deep roots in critical theory and more recent links to postmodernism. It is associated with postmodern social thought, although it is less radical and more adaptable to empirical inquiry than postmodernism. The authors tie their new conceptualization of social theory to contemporary applications of social theory in everyday life. Features of this text:
Author | : Roger Sibeon |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2004-02-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1847871615 |
Roger Sibeon′s distinctive new book forms part of a movement towards what many others have referred to as the `return′ to sociological theory and method. Offering both description and critique of contemporary theoretical and illustrative empirical materials, the goal of this book is a renewal of sociology and social theory that will facilitate worthwhile social knowledge that contributes to an understanding of the practical problems of making sense of social theory.
Author | : Stephen K. Sanderson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2015-11-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317252780 |
Stephen K. Sanderson s latest book recaptures a scientific theoretical sociology, one whose fundamental aim is the formulation of real theories that can be empirically tested. Sanderson reviews the major theoretical traditions within contemporary sociology, explicating their key principles, critically evaluating these principles and their applications, and showcasing exemplars. He judges each tradition by asking whether it has generated falsifiable research programs. Although principally a work of theoretical critique, "Rethinking Sociological Theory" is also a valuable textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses in sociological theory."
Author | : Gerard Delanty |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780415347143 |
The book examines major social transformations in Europe from the perspective of social theory. It offers an intriguing alternative to studies of the EU which emphasise the replacement of the nation-state by a supra-national authority.
Author | : Edward Granter |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317157028 |
Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development and sociological significance of the idea that work is being eliminated through the use of advanced production technology. Granter’s engagement with the work of key American and European figures such as Marx, Marcuse, Gorz, Habermas and Negri, focuses his arguments for the abolition of labour as a response to the current socio-historical changes affecting our work ethic and consumer ideology. By combining history of ideas with social theory, this book considers how the 'end of work' thesis has developed and has been critically implemented in the analysis of modern society. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology, history of ideas, social and cultural theory as well as those working in the fields of critical management and sociology of work.
Author | : Radhika Gorur |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2023-12-19 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1003831966 |
This book explores a new repertoire for critique in the sociology of contemporary education, focusing on emerging social theories that respond to contemporary challenges in education, education policy and governance. Presenting a variety of approaches in the sociology of education including pragmatist critical sociology, neo-Marxism, post-digital sociology, new materialisms, affirmative critique of education, and post-colonial studies, the chapters in this book engage in a novel, collective dialogue and reflection on the affordances, limitations and challenges of emerging social theories in contemporary education. The book further justifies this novel approach through inclusion of a series of interviews with leading scholars and thinkers from within and outside the field of education on the subject of critique in contemporary society and education. The book offers relevant global and decolonial perspectives to study current transformations, drawing on innovations in theorizing and empirical illustrations from different countries. Highlighting alternative visions of these transformations in an era of globalization, fragmentation, and growing nationalism, this cutting-edge book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of the sociology of education, the philosophy of education, social theory, political science and comparative policy and politics more broadly.
Author | : Arpad Szakolczai |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2019-01-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1108423809 |
A rethinking of contemporary social theory that provides a vision about the modern world through key ideas developed by 'maverick' anthropologists.
Author | : J. Dean |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2010-07-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230283217 |
Rethinking Contemporary Feminist Politics puts forward a timely analysis of contemporary feminism. Critically engaging with both narratives of feminist decline and re-emergence, it draws on poststructuralist political theory to assess current forms of activism in the UK and present a provocative account of recent developments in feminist politics.
Author | : Irving M. Zeitlin |
Publisher | : New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Author | : Tony Simmons |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1773633236 |
How do we make sense of the rise of political strongmen like Trump and Erdoğan, or the increase in hate crimes and terrorism? How can we understand Brexit and xenophobic, anti-immigrant sentiments and policies? More importantly, what can we do to make it all stop? In Restless Ideas, Tony Simmons illustrates how social theory provides us with the skills for more informed observation, analysis and empathic understanding of social behaviour and social interaction. Social theory deepens our understanding of the world around us by empowering us to become practical theorists in our own lives. Simmons traces the roots of contemporary social theory back to the works of the early structural functionalists, systems theorists, conflict theorists, symbolic interactionists, and ethnomethodologists, and incorporates contemporary social thinkers theorizing from the margins who are redefining the canon. Later chapters focus on the current influence of structuration theory, feminist and queer theory, Indigenous theory, third wave critical theory, postmodernism and poststructuralism, and liquid and late modernity theories and globalization theories.