ISBN:
1845115597
,
9781845115593
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xli, 246 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International library of political studies 39
Parallel Title:
Print version Critical Turns in Critical Theory : New Directions in Social and Political Thought
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Critical theory
;
Sociology
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
The contemporary world is one of contingency and risk. We face a range of social and political problems barely imaginable to previous generations. Here the technique of critical social theory is applied to some of the most challenging social and political questions of our time. "Critical Turns in Critical Theory" brings together a diverse range of scholars to discuss a number of issues facing civil society at a regional and global level in recent years. The book explores new theories, critiques, analyses and practices to address debates about risk, responsibility, ethics, communicati
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes on Contributors; 1. A Theory of Cognitive Frames for Critical SociologyPiet Strydom; 2. An Ethic of Responsability: Some Critical Reflections -- Catherine Brennan; 3. The Reconstruction of Sociological Learning Theory: Cognitive Sociology, Normativity, and discursivity -- Patrick O'Mahony; 4. Rational Action, Communicative Action, and the Narrative Structure of Social Life -- Klaus Eder; 5. The Significance of Global Ethics for Critical Social Theory -- Gerard Delanty
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Rational Actors and Paradigm Warriors: Revisiting and Gendering Social Movement TheoriesLouise Ryan7. Linking Knowledge, Communication, and Social Learning: Critical Theory's Immanent Critique of Capitalism's Administrative State -- Tracey Skillington; 8. Rights, Recognition and Contingency: Opening a Discussion on a Right to Have Rights -- Séamus Ó Tuama; 9. Modelling 'Triple Contingency' -- Loet Leydesdorff; 10. Environmental Responsability and the Public Sphere in Latin America -- José Mauricio Domingues and Andrea Coutinho Pontual
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Sustainable Development and Responsible Governance in Ireland: Communication in the 'Shadow of Hierarchy'Gerard Mullally12. The Calling of a New Critical Theory: Self-Development, Inclusion of the Other and Planetary Realizations -- Ananta Kumar Giri; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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