Elliott / Turner On Society

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7581-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

'Society' is one of the most frequently used words in publiclife; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In ourown time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute andso little understood. For some critics, society is simply tooconsensual for a world of intensive discord. For others, the ideaof 'society' is oppressive - the very notion, so some argue,is dismissive of the infinite social differences that shape globalrealities.
In this erudite and original book, two of the world's leadingsocial theorists focus on unravelling the different meanings ofsociety as a way of introducing the reader to contemporary debatesin social theory. The authors argue provocatively that all ideas ofsociety can be assigned to one of three analytical categories, orsome combination of these - structure, solidarity or creation - anddevelop a fresh characterization of the nature of the social as ameans of understanding global transformations.
By integrating abstract problems of social theory with empiricalexamples and political analysis, On Society provides lucidinterpretations of classical and contemporary social theory. Thebook also critiques recent social theories that simply equate thedemise of society with globalization, the communications revolutionor multiculturalism, and in so doing provides an original insightinto today's world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Anthony

Turner, Bryan S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 Society as Structure
2 Society as Solidarity
3 Society as Creation
Conclusion: From Feral to Catastrophic Societies
Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Sociology at Flinders University and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the Open University.
Bryan S. Turner is Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and Professor of Social and Political Thought at the University of Western Sydney.