The Giddens Reader contains a comprehensive selection of readings from the works of the pre-eminent social theorist Anthony Giddens. A wide range of important theoretical issues are covered, including the author's encounter with the writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons and Foucault. The 'Reader' also presents elaborations of Giddens' own innovative approach to the fundamental questions of social theory. His views on power, time-space and the relationship between action and structure are well represented, as are his highly illuminating analyses of the 'late modern age'. The readings are prefaced by a straightforward introduction by the editor.…mehr
The Giddens Reader contains a comprehensive selection of readings from the works of the pre-eminent social theorist Anthony Giddens. A wide range of important theoretical issues are covered, including the author's encounter with the writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons and Foucault. The 'Reader' also presents elaborations of Giddens' own innovative approach to the fundamental questions of social theory. His views on power, time-space and the relationship between action and structure are well represented, as are his highly illuminating analyses of the 'late modern age'. The readings are prefaced by a straightforward introduction by the editor.
ANTHONY GIDDENS is Professor of Sociology and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. ANTHONY GIDDENS is Professor of Sociology and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART 1 ENCOUNTERS WITH THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONS Critical Interpretations of Marx The Political Context of Max Weber's Sociology Durkheim's Political Sociology Marx, Weber and Capitalism PART 2 PROBLEMS OF ACTION AND STRUCTURE Social Theory and the Question of Action The Production and Reproduction of Social Life The Concept of Structure Structure, Action, Reproduction Lay Knowledge and Technical Concepts Structural Theory and Empirical Research PART 3 TIME, AND SPACE Time-Space, Structure, System Time-Space Distanciation Analysing Social Change The Production of Everyday Life PART 4 DOMINATION AND POWER Parsons on Power Critique of Foucault Class Structuration Class and Power Administrative Power and the Nation-State The Nation-State and Military Power PART 5 THE NATURE OF MODERNITY A 'Discontinuist' Approach Dynamic Tendencies of Modernity Trust and Risk in Social Life Modernity and Self-Identity Love and Sexuality PART 6 CRITICAL THEORY Max Weber on Facts and Values Critical Theory Without Guarantees Utopian Realism Emancipatory and Life Politics Selected Bibliography Index.
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART 1 ENCOUNTERS WITH THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONS Critical Interpretations of Marx The Political Context of Max Weber's Sociology Durkheim's Political Sociology Marx, Weber and Capitalism PART 2 PROBLEMS OF ACTION AND STRUCTURE Social Theory and the Question of Action The Production and Reproduction of Social Life The Concept of Structure Structure, Action, Reproduction Lay Knowledge and Technical Concepts Structural Theory and Empirical Research PART 3 TIME, AND SPACE Time-Space, Structure, System Time-Space Distanciation Analysing Social Change The Production of Everyday Life PART 4 DOMINATION AND POWER Parsons on Power Critique of Foucault Class Structuration Class and Power Administrative Power and the Nation-State The Nation-State and Military Power PART 5 THE NATURE OF MODERNITY A 'Discontinuist' Approach Dynamic Tendencies of Modernity Trust and Risk in Social Life Modernity and Self-Identity Love and Sexuality PART 6 CRITICAL THEORY Max Weber on Facts and Values Critical Theory Without Guarantees Utopian Realism Emancipatory and Life Politics Selected Bibliography Index.
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