Franco Ferrarotti

Social Theory for Old and New Modernities

Essays on Society and Culture, 1976-2005
Herausgeber: McCarthy, Doyle E.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Franco Ferrarotti's essays are of special interest to social scientists working in social theory and cultural sociology. His insights are far-reaching and applicable to those studying the areas of religion, immigration, violence, and social movements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780739115107
• ISBN-10: 0739115103
• Artikelnr.: 24928131

Autorenporträt

Franco Ferrarotti is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Doctoral Program in Sociology at the University of Rome, as well as Editor of La Critica Sociologica.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Old and New Modernities
Chapter 2 The Modern World and its Destiny
Chapter 3 Counter-Cultures and Postmodernism
Chapter 4 Beyond the Authoritarian Personality
Chapter 5 Civil Society and State Structures in Creative Tension
Chapter 6 The City and Civil Society
Chapter 7 New Approaches to Social Movements in Western Europe
Chapter 8 The Culture of Violence
Chapter 9 Social Marginality and Violence in Neo-Urban Societies
Part 10 Social Theories and Methodologies
Chapter 11 Modern Rationality and the Paradox of the Sacred
Chapter 12 History and Sociology
Chapter 13 The Lessons of Positivism
Chapter 14 American and European Social Science
Chapter 15 Biography and the Social Sciences
Chapter 16 Thorstein Veblen and his Critics
Chapter 17 The Social Type of the Businessman
Part 18 Sacred and Secular Modalities
Chapter 19 Constantinian Christianity and the Future of the Catholic Church
Chapter 20 The Media Pope
Chapter 21 Reflections on America
Chapter 22 Time and its Social Transformations
Chapter 23 On Photography