Sociological Reasoning

ROB STONES is Professor in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK.

Introduction.- Contemporary Developments in Social Theory: The Right Time for a Past-modern Sociology.- A Rich and Complex Ontology Analysis and Textuality: Players, Dreamers and Despots in Sociological Research.- The Pivotal Role of the Methodological Focus: A Positive Critique of Anthony Giddens.- Contextualising, Floating and Dreaming: Variations from the Sociologies of Politics, Culture and Ethics.- A Positive Scepticism Towards Claims about Empirical Evidence Past-modern Sociology and Textual Critique.- Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism I: Comparative Citizenship and State Autonomy.- Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism II: The Flying Sorcery of Sylvia.- Walby's Patriarchal Systems.- Conclusion.