Social Theory and Postcommunism - William Outhwaite, Larry Ray

Social Theory and Postcommunism

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2004
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-21112-9 (ISBN)
42,30 inkl. MwSt
Undertakes a study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. This book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism. It covers state/civil society, globalization, the future of 'modernity', and post-socialism.
Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.

Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theory
Discusses alternative ideas of social organizations other than capitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communism
Covers state/civil society, globalization, the future of “modernity,” and post-socialism

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex. His recent publications include The Sociology of Politics (co-edited with Luke Martell, 1998) and The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought (Blackwell 2002). He also acts as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Social Theory. Larry Ray is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent. He has recently published Theorizing Classical Sociology (1999) and Key Contemporary Social Theorists (co-edited with Anthony Elliott, Blackwell 2002). He has done extensive work and research on the crisis and transformation of postcommunist societies.

Preface. Introduction: Being Taken By Surprise.

1 Theory After the Fall.

2 Class: Marx and Weber.

3 Society, Solidarity and Anomie: Durkheim.

4 Three Types of Convergence.

5 Socialism, modernity and beyond.

6 Globalization and Convergence.

7 Civil Society East and West.

8 Modernity, memory and postcommunism.

9 Concluding Themes.

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.12.2004
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 234 mm
Gewicht 395 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-631-21112-8 / 0631211128
ISBN-13 978-0-631-21112-9 / 9780631211129
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