ISBN:
9780415581042
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (334 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Sociology as Social Criticism (Routledge Revivals)
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Social movements
;
Sociology
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1975, this collection of essays embodies a conception of sociological thought as a critical analysis of social theories and doctrines, of social institutions and political regimes, of recent social movements. They deal, in particular, with some conservative versions of sociology and with attempts to develop more radical theories; they extend the author's previous writings on classes, elites and politics; and they analyse some of the problems of socialism in the late twentieth century. There is a close unity of theme througout the book in its critical attempt to formulate new
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Conservatism and Radicalism in Sociology; PART I. Social Theories; 1. Conservative Man1; 2. Out of This World: The Sociological Theory of Talcott Parsons1; 3. The Crisis in Sociology1; 4. Capitalism, Socialism and Development; 5. Karl Marx: Sociologist or Marxist?1; PART II. Classes and Elites; 6. In Search of a Proletariat 1; 7. Class Structure and Social Consciousness1; 8. Class and Politics in Western Europe1; 9. The Administrative Elite1; 10. Cohesion and Division in Indian Elites1; PART III. Social Movements and Political Action
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Conflict and Social Change112. The Political Context of Technology1; 13. Reflections on the Student Movement1; 14. The Prospect for Radicalism1; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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