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Rethinking social theory /

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Rethinking social theory /

[Book]

Roger Sibeon.

Thousand Oaks :

Sage Publications,

©2004.

1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-221) and index.

Introduction: The legacy of four cardinal sins -- Metatheoretical preliminaries -- Agency-structure and micro-macro -- Links between theoretical approaches -- Three major contributors to contemporary sociological theory: Archer, Mouzelis and Layder -- Social action, power and interests -- Spatial dimensions of the social -- Towards an integrated metatheoretical and methodological framework -- Conclusion.

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[This book] provides a strong critique of the flaws in the field, developing a sustained argument for a revitalization of sociological theory as an academic discipline. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed the 'cultural turn' - a postmodern rejection of disciplinary knowledge in pursuit of the examination of culture - but here [the author] argues for a 'return' to a sociological theory and method that will facilitate worthwhile social knowledge. Comprehensive and ambitious, the book fuses theory and empirical matter, resulting in a compelling new contribution to the theoretical development of sociology and related disciplines. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Giddens, Mouzelis, Archer and Layder, and on a wide range of readings in contemporary social theory, [the author] explores unresolved controversies and ambiguities in today's sociological theorizing; critically examines four longstanding modes of social scientific thought - reductionism, essentialism, reification and functional teleology; develops a set of post-postmodern postulates and meta-concepts as resources for a multi-dimensional, multi-level (meta) theoretical and methodological framework. This book will interest academics and advanced students of sociology, social theory, social geography and political science.-Back cover.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Rethinking social theory.

Social sciences-- Philosophy.

Sociology-- Philosophy.

Sciences sociales-- Philosophie.

Sociologie-- Philosophie.

Filosofie.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Methodology.

Social sciences-- Philosophy.

Sociologie.

Sociology-- Philosophy.

Sozialphilosophie

SOC-- 019000

Sibeon, Roger,1953-

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