The Sociological Revolution: From the Enlightenment to the Global Age

ISBN-13: 9780415263108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 238 str.

Richard Kilminster

Opis

Controversially turning away from the current debates which surround social theory, this book offers historical analysis of the profound burden of sociology and its implications today. The author provides detailed studies of a number of contemporary theories, ranging from historical materialism, phenomenology, structuralism and world system theory. He contends that the rightful heir of the sociological tradition is the dynamic sociology of knowledge, in particular the figuration research programme of Norbert Elias.

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.