ISBN:
9781040017203
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought Series
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DDC:
605
Keywords:
Sociology
Abstract:
This book revisits social theory to highlight features of 'good' social theory. With particular attention to issues of nationalism, democracy, civil society, state, feminism, neoliberalism, minority rights, environment and Indian society, it considers whether new questions need to be asked.
Abstract:
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: New currents in social theory -- 1. What is social theory? -- 2. Social theory today: Revisiting hope -- 3. Empathy between sociology and social neuroscience: New perspectives for an applied sociology -- 4. Applying Graeber's extension of Mauss' The Gift to the study of international relations -- 5. Towards a socio-phenomenological approach to empathy -- 6. Contemporary contributions to critiques of political economy and alternative planetary futures: Political economy, moral economy, moral sociology, spiritual ecology and beyond -- Part II: Social theory and the context of neo-liberalism -- 7. New media, popular culture and social theory -- 8. Social and political theory in the times of neoliberalism -- 9. Revisiting Gellnerian theory of nation and nationalism -- 10. Neoliberal environmentalism and social theory: Constructing myth over reality -- 11. Identity, values and consumption practices -- 12. Legitimizing menstrual leave at workplace: Documenting the sociological theories' explanations -- Part III: Issues and challenges for social theory from India -- 13. Theorizing contemporary vernacular politics in North-East India -- 14. Eco-feminism in the context of the tribal society: The Khasis of Meghalaya -- 15. Theorizing better: A debate of theory and practice in the context of an indigenous setting -- Index.
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