商品簡介
This major new textbook in social theory takes the concept of modernity as its guiding theme.
作者簡介
Nigel Dodd is Lecturer in Sociology, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
目次
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Modern and Postmodern Social Theory.
Part I: Classical Social Theory.
1. Modernity and Society: Marx and Durkheim.
2. Modernity and Reason: Simmel and Weber.
Part II: Modern Social Theory.
3. A Critique of Reason: Horkheimer, Adorno and Marcuse.
4. Reason and Power: Foucault.
5. The Potential of Reason: Habermas.
Part III: Postmodern Social Theory.
6. Reality in Retreat: Lyotard and Baudrillard.
7. Society under Suspicion: Bauman and Rorty.
8. Modernity Renewed: Giddens and Beck.
Conclusion.
Notes.
References.
Index.
