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Sociological Theory What Went Wrong
Author | : Nicos Mouzelis |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781134901227 |
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Social theory is open to many passing currents. Claims to originality tend to thrive and past achievements are often ignored. In Sociologiocal Theory: What Went Wrong? Mouzelis claims that "problems" currently being isolated are not really problems, and that "achievements" claimed are little more than pretensions. He argues that we have been premature to dismiss thinkers from the late 1950s and early 1960s and that we can build on their ideas to produce a more effective, more relevant social theory. Written with precision and with clarity, Sociological Theory: What Went Wrong? is a compelling analysis of the central problems of sociological theory today and of the means to resolve them.
Sociological Theory
Author | : Nicos P. Mouzelis |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Sociology |
ISBN | : 0203725832 |
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Toward A Sociological Theory of Information
Author | : Harold Garfinkel,Anne Rawls |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 2015-11-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317250258 |
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In 1952 at Princeton University, Harold Garfinkel developed a sociological theory of information. Other prominent theories then being worked out at Princeton, including game theory, neglected the social elements of "information," modeling a rational individual whose success depends on completeness of both reason and information. In real life these conditions are not possible and these approaches therefore have always had limited and problematic practical application. Garfinkel's sociological theory treats information as a thoroughly organized social phenomenon in a way that addresses these shortcomings comprehensively. Although famous as a sociologist of everyday life, Garfinkel focuses in this new book-never before published-on the concerns of large-scale organization and decisionmaking. In the fifty years since Garfinkel wrote this treatise, there has been no systematic treatment of the problems and issues he raises. Nor has anyone proposed a theory of information like the one he proposed. Many of the same problems that troubled theorists of information and predictable order in 1952 are still problematic today.
Central Problems in Social Theory
Author | : Anthony Giddens |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1979-11-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520039750 |
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"One of the most creative among the younger generation of critical social theorists, Giddens stands alone in his concern for the classical tradition on sociology; but he also makes brilliant use of the latest philosophical and theoretical work of several contemporary schools and disciplines. A very important book for all of social science."—Jeffrey C. Alexander
Social Theory
Author | : Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Thorup Larsen,Mathias Wullum Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads P. Sørensen |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2017-03-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317329718 |
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This textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on a series of sociological problems, the book shows how distinctive viewpoints shed light on different facets of social phenomena. The book includes sociology’s "founding fathers", major 20th-century thinkers and recent voices such as Butler and Zizek. Philosophically grounded and focused on interpretation and analysis, the book provides a clear understanding of theory’s scope while developing students’ skills in evaluating, applying and comparing theories.
Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory
Author | : Kenneth Allan |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2012-12-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781412992770 |
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In the Third Edition of Ken Allan's highly-praised Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory book, sociological theories and theorists are explored using a straightforward approach and conversational, jargon-free language. Filled with examples drawn from everyday life, this edition highlights diversity in contemporary society, exploring theories of race, gender, and sexuality that address some of today's most important social concerns. Through this textbook students will learn to think theoretically and apply to their own lives.
Critical Issues in Social Theory
Author | : John K. Rhoads |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 027104005X |
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Critical Issues in Social Theory is an analytical survey of persistent controversies that have shaped the field of sociology. It defines, clarifies, and proposes solutions to these "critical issues" through commentary on the writings of such influential social theorists as Hobbes, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Merton, Parsons, and Schutz. Instead of being just another history, or another classification of theories, Rhoads's four-part model allows him to focus attention on issues that remain at the core of sociological theory today. First, Rhoads analyzes the controversy over positivism as the proper methodological model for the study of human society. Is there one science, of which sociology is a branch, or do the peculiarities of sociology's subject matter require a modification of the scientific method borrowed from the natural sciences? Rhoads next considers the relationship of individuals to society and its structures. Does society have a mode of existence distinct from its members, or is it merely an abstraction derived from the characteristics of individuals? Third, a discussion of social order raises the question of whether social order is the consequence of rules and their underlying moral values, or the product of continuous construction based on self-interest. Finally, the relative importance of consensus and conflict in social relationships is addressed. Is society better understood as a community united by beliefs, values, and rules, or is the social dynamic of continual conflict over beliefs, values, and rules more fundamental? In coming to grips with these issues, the author in some instances takes sides and in others arrives at a synthesis of diverse perspectives. In the final chapter he points to the limitations on the possibility of rational action that come to light in the clashes over these basic issues.
Back to Sociological Theory
Author | : Nicos P Mouzelis |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781349217601 |
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Nicos Mouzelis argues against a marked tendency in present- day sociology to conflate philosophy and sociological theory. In trying to demonstrate the relative autonomy and specific logic of sociological theorising, he draws from a variety of theoretical traditions in order to construct a set of interrelated concepts useful for bridging the gulf between macro and micro sociologies. Drawing examples from the sociology of development and from the theory of organisations, the author shows concretely how the conceptual framework proposed can help the researcher to avoid both the reification of macro institutional structures and their reduction to the intersubjective understandings of micro actors.