On Society (eBook)

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Sociology at Flinders University and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the Open University. Bryan S. Turner is Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and Professor of Social and Political Thought at the University of Western Sydney.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 Society as Structure
2 Society as Solidarity
3 Society as Creation
Conclusion: From Feral to Catastrophic Societies
Notes

'The individual writings of Elliott and Turner have long been at
the forward boundaries of social theory. Here they turn to an axial
concept of social thought to explain why it has never quite done
what it was meant to, even while it haunts the collective
consciousness. Students will devour, teachers will admire, scholars
will quibble, all will be amazed by the brilliant creativity packed
into a small book of voluminous achievement.'

Charles C. Lemert, Yale University

'It is rare to find such a combination of lucidity and
erudition. Many different readers will find much to engage them
here, from first-year students to experienced academics.
Tremendous.'

John Urry, Lancaster University

'We all need be thankful to Anthony Elliott and Bryan Turner,
two acknowledged masters of conceptual analysis and the art of
sociological theorizing, for joining forces to scrutinize the
meaning of "society". One could not acquit oneself from such a
challenge better than they - nor could readers of their study find
more illumination, clarity, and persuasive answers to queries in
any other sociological treatise.'

Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds