The Concept of Social Change : A Critique of the Functionalist Theory of Social Change

ISBN-13: 9780415579315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010

Anthony D. Smith;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Anthony Smith's important work on the concept of social change puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternative to the functionalist theory of evolutionary change. He shows that, in attempting to provide a theory of social change, functionalism reveals itself as a species of 'frozen' evolutionism.

Spis treści

1. Functionalism and Social Change  2. The 'neo-revolutionary' revival  3. The Stages of Evolution  4. Modernism and Modernisation  5. Revolution  6. Equilibrium and Social Change  7. Evolution and History

O autorze

Anthony D. Smith