Critical Visions: New Directions in Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781138354449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 234 str.

Anthony Elliott

Opis

Originally published in 2003, Critical Visions develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary social theory.

Spis treści

The Direction of Social Theory is Always New: Series Editor’s Foreword  Preface and Acknowledgements  Introduction: Interdisciplinary Studies and the Fortunes of Sociology  Part I: Interventions in Contemporary Social Theory  1. Risk and Reflexivity: Ulrich Beck  2. Social Theory and Politics in the Writings of Anthony Giddens  3. Jacques Lacan as a Social Theorist  4. Subjectivity, Culture, Autonomy: Cornelius Castoriadis  5. Habermas, Kristeva, and Global Transformations in the Public Sphere  Part II: Central Issues in Contemporary Social Theory  6. Sexualities: Social Theory and the Crisis of Identity  7. The Reinvention of Citizenship  8. Politics and Social Theory  9. Social Theory, Morality, and Ethics  References  Index  About the Author 

O autorze

Anthony Elliott