01276cam a2200169 4500 3957 20181127172259.0 2012406183 9781847426741 Ransome, Paul. Social theory for beginners / Paul Ransome. Bristol : Policy Press, c2010. xvi, 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-472) and index. Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it? -- What is social theory? -- Where did social theory come from? -- Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society -- Karl Marx, capitalism and revolution -- Max Weber, rational capitalism and social action -- Talcott Parsons, functionalism and the social system -- Social interactionism and the real lives of social actors -- Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School -- Language, structure, meaning -- Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory -- Feminist social theory -- Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu -- Theories of modernity and post-modernity -- Reflexive modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory -- The boundary problem in contemporary social theory. Social sciences Philosophy. 3227 3227 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2022-01-12 6659 1 4 301.01 RAN 30006398 2024-06-25 00:00:00 2024-04-10 2018-11-27 MAIN