Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity / Gerard Delanty.
Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity / Gerard Delanty.
Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity / Gerard Delanty.
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Publisher
Malden, MA : Polity, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N301/ 274
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Language
English
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Physical content
211p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Defining Modernity: The Quest for Autonomy -- 2. The Limits of Modernity: From Autonomy to Fragmentation -- 3. Discourse and Democracy: Habermas's Theory of Modernity -- 4. Creativity and the Rise of Social Postmodernism: Foucault, Lyotard and Bauman -- 5. The Return of Agency: Touraine and Meluc...
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Malden, MA : Polity, 1999.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
This book will appeal to second- and third-year undergraduates, and graduates and academics in sociology and social theory, politics, cultural studies and other social sciences....
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Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity / Gerard Delanty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N301/ 274
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74VvNeP58BXl
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ISBN
0745619185 (pbk.)
9780745619170 (h/b)
0745619177 (h/b)
9780745619187 (p/b)
0745619185 (p/b)
9780745619170 (hbk.)
0745619177 (hbk.)
9780745619187 (pbk.)
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301
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991013077469702626
