In the face of the reversals of the welfare state that have been brought about as neoliberalism has taken hold and identified capitalism with modernity itself, this book explores the issues faced by contemporary sociology in articulating a critique of neoliberalism. Advancing the view that sociology needs to affirm an 'intrinsic normative valence' if it is to tackle the distortion of emancipatory values in market terms, Sociology and Critique in a Neoliberal Age constitutes an intervention into theoretical debates in contemporary sociology and critical theory, which demonstrates that...