The Sociological Revolution: From the Enlightenment to the Global Age

ISBN-13: 9780415029209 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 240 str.

Richard Kilminster

Opis

This volume aims to provide an historical analysis of sociology and its implications today. The author presents a number of contemporary theories, ranging from historical materialism, phenomenology, structuralism and world system theory. The book ranges from analyses of the Hegelian Apogee to Marx's Theory of Knowledge, combined with an analysis of the current condition of sociology.

Spis treści

Part 1 From Philosophy to the Sociology of Knowledge; Chapter 1 Sociologists and Philosophy; Chapter 2 The Hegelian Apogee; Chapter 3 Marx's Theory of Knowledge as a Part ial Breakthrough; Part 2 Figurational Explorations; Chapter 4 The Limits of Transcendental Sociology; Chapter 5 The Structure of Structuralism; Chapter 6 Globalization as an Emergent Concept; Chapter 7 Structuration theory as a World-View; Chapter 8 Sociology Since 1945; Chapter 9 Concluding Remarks;

O autorze

Richard Kilminster is lecturer in sociology at the University of Leeds.