A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory
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Through a careful exploration of the history of modern social theory, Piotr Sztompka lays the critical groundwork for investigating the development of contemporary social theory from its founding fathers in the 19th century, through the rich contributions of the 20th century, known as “the golden age of theory”, up to the most recent developments and illuminates how it is both anchored in and a critique of previous attempts to theorize foundational questions to social being and action. Contemporary theory, the book argues, is now moving toward analysis of action, interpersonal relations, social and epistemological realism, and multivalent mechanisms at the root of social phenomenon.
Major social theoretical thinkers like Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Jeffrey Alexander, Randall Collins, Jonathan Turner, Hans Joas, Ulrich Beck, Erving Goffman, and others are presented and evaluated as significant contributors to contemporary social theory, while pointing toward future possibilities for social theory in the current century. This will be a key resource for undergraduate and graduate students in sociology, social theory, and contemporary cultural studies.
Piotr Sztompka is an honorary professor of sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, He was a visiting professor at Columbia University (N.Y), and University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as universities in Europe, Australia and Latin America. He was elected the President of International Sociological Association (ISA)Among his books published in English there are: Sociological Dilemmas: Toward a Dialectic Paradigm (1979), The Sociology of Social Change (1993 Society in Action: The Theory of Social Becoming (1991), and Trust: a Sociological Theory (1999).
Preface
Part I: The legacy. On the shoulders of giants
1. Sociological theory; the concepts, varieties and uses
2. Pseudo-theories and pseudo-epistemology
3. The Long 19th century; on the shoulders of giants
4. The Golden Era of Theory, the 20th century
5. New trends in the sociological theories of the 21st century
Part II: Continuities and emerging new trends
Theories With a Moral Message; In Search for a Good Society
6. Jeffrey C. Alexander’s cultural sociology; from civil sphere to performative actions and societalization
7. Gary Allan Fine on tiny publics; civil sphere at the micro-level of everyday life
8. Axel Honneth on new critical theory; focus on recognition
9. Ulrich Beck on cosmopolitanism; world society after globalization
10. Allain Caille on gift paradigm; the focus on reciprocity
Theories Of Microcomponents of Social Life; Dissecting the Social Fabric
11. Jonathan Turner on radical microsociology; interactions and their emotional syntax
12. Randall Collins’ processual and emotional perspective; interactive ritual chains, violence and charisma
13. Hans Joas on new pragmatism; the focus on practices and creative actions
Theories Analyzing Mechanisms of Social Events; Unravelling the Modus Operandi Of Society
14. Jon Elster on continuities in rational choice and the theory of emotions
15. Peter Hedstrom on analytic sociology and the theory of imitation
16. Margaret Archer unravelling the mechanism of social change and morphogenesis
17. Theodor Schatzky on the ontology of society and the idea of social sites
18. Coda: Robert K. Merton revisited; on theoretical pluralism and disciplined eclecticism
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-75612-8 / 1032756128 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-75612-7 / 9781032756127 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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