Society and its metaphors :
Lopez, Jose, 1966-
Society and its metaphors : language, social theory and social structure / Jose Lopez. - New York : London : Continuum, 2003. - 186 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social theorizing as a language-borne practice -- Durkheim's structures: writing the emergence of the social -- Marx: labouring for structure -- Weber's structures: deferral, rationality, and the heroes of history -- Parsons' structures: writing order -- Althusser's structure: the 'epistomological obstacle' of complexity -- Reading texts, writing theory: against the illusion of transparency.
0826463843 0826463851 (PBK.)
2003277393
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Social structure.
Sociolinguistics.
301/.01
Society and its metaphors : language, social theory and social structure / Jose Lopez. - New York : London : Continuum, 2003. - 186 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social theorizing as a language-borne practice -- Durkheim's structures: writing the emergence of the social -- Marx: labouring for structure -- Weber's structures: deferral, rationality, and the heroes of history -- Parsons' structures: writing order -- Althusser's structure: the 'epistomological obstacle' of complexity -- Reading texts, writing theory: against the illusion of transparency.
0826463843 0826463851 (PBK.)
2003277393
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Social structure.
Sociolinguistics.
301/.01