Outhwaite / Ray Social Theory and Postcommunism

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3784-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough studyof the implications of post-communism for sociological theory.Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses thethesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternativeconceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.
* Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on socialtheory
* Discusses alternative ideas of social organizations other thancapitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communism
* Covers state/civil society, globalization, the future of"modernity," and post-socialism

Autoren/Hrsg.

Outhwaite, William

Ray, Larry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction: Being Taken By Surprise.
1 Theory After the Fall.
2 Class: Marx and Weber.
3 Society, Solidarity and Anomie: Durkheim.
4 Three Types of Convergence.
5 Socialism, modernity and beyond.
6 Globalization and Convergence.
7 Civil Society East and West.
8 Modernity, memory and postcommunism.
9 Concluding Themes.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at theUniversity of Sussex. His recent publications include TheSociology of Politics (co-edited with Luke Martell, 1998) andThe Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought (Blackwell2002). He also acts as Associate Editor of the European Journalof Social Theory.
Larry Ray is Professor of Sociology at the University ofKent. He has recently published Theorizing ClassicalSociology (1999) and Key Contemporary Social Theorists(co-edited with Anthony Elliott, Blackwell 2002). He has doneextensive work and research on the crisis and transformation ofpostcommunist societies.