ISBN:
0745683517
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9780745683515
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 191 Seiten)
Edition:
English edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Boltanski, Luc, 1940 - On critique
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Sociology Philosophy
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Critical theory
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
Liberty Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
;
Critical theory
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
Liberty ; Social aspects
;
Sociology ; Philosophy
;
Kritische Theorie
;
Soziologie
;
Sozialphilosophie
;
Épistémologie de la sociologie
;
École de Francfort (philosophie)
;
Émancipation
;
Soziologie
;
Soziologische Theorie
;
Kritische Theorie
;
Sozialphilosophie
;
Sozialphilosophie
;
Kritische Theorie
;
Sozialphilosophie
;
Kritische Theorie
Abstract:
The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people? This issue has underpinned two divergent theoretical orientations that can be found in the discipline today: the critical sociology that was developed in its most elaborate form by Pierre Bourdieu, and the pragmatic sociology of critique developed by Luc Boltanski and his associates. In
Abstract:
Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE STRUCTURE OF CRITICAL THEORIES; 2 CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY AND PRAGMATIC SOCIOLOGY OF CRITIQUE; 3 THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONS; 4 THE NECESSITY OF CRITIQUE; 5 POLITICAL REGIMES OF DOMINATION; 6 EMANCIPATION IN THE PRAGMATIC SENSE; NOTES; INDEX.
Note:
"First published in French as De la critique"--Title page verso
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Translated from the French
