Dialectics in Social Thought

The Present Crisis
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48216-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 263 g

Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Žižek.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skoll, G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Dialectics and Social Thought 2. Marx and the Dialectic of Capital 3. Freud and the Dialectic of Psychology 4. Peirce, Mead, Goffman, and Interactional Social Science 5. Culture and Society 6. Critical Theories 7. Rebellion 8. The Phenomenologists 9. Contemporary Social Thought: Agamben to Zizek 10. Dialectics of Contemporary Society and the Present Crisis

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey R. Skoll is emeritus faculty member in Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA. Previous books include Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory (2009) and Social Theory of Fear (2010).