The Future of Society

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-631-23185-1
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives.

- Written by leading social theorist William Outhwaite

- Asks if the notion of society is relevant in the twenty-first century

- Goes to the heart of contemporary social and political debate

- Examines critiques of the concept of society from neoliberals, postmodernists, and globalization theorists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Outhwaite, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. The Origins of ‘Society’.

Part I: Critiques of Society.

2. Society and the Individual: Neoliberalism, Social Constructionism and Communitarianism.

3. Postmodernism.

4. Globalisation.

Part II: Reconstructing Society.

5. Modernity and Society.

6. Towards a Synthesis? Theory and Metatheory.

Part III: Implications.

7. Society Lite? Theories of Civil Society.

8. Is There a European Society?.

Postscript: A Defensible Concept of ‘Society’.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex. His previous publications include Habermas: A Critical Introduction (1994), New Philosophies of Social Science (1987), and Understanding Social Life (Second Edition, 1986). He is co-author of Social Theory and Postcommunism (Blackwell, 2004), editor of The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought (2002) and The Habermas Reader (1996), and co-editor of The Sociology of Politics (1998).