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1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: rethinking social theory -- Zygmunt Bauman: liquid sociality -- Judith Butler: reanimating the social -- Bruno Latour: the social as association -- Scott Lash: information is alive -- John Urry: complex mobilities -- Saskia Sassen: space and power -- Ulrich Beck: the cosmopolitan turn -- Nikolas Rose: governing the social -- Françoise Vergès: postcolonial challenges. |
| Summary |
The basic concept of society has come under attack?political acts, critical theory, new media and even history itself have undermined what we think of as the social. The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world?s leading social theorists on what society means today: Zygmunt Bauman, John Urry, Saska Sassen, Bruno Latour, Scott Lash, Nikolas Rose, Judith Butler and Francoise Verges. The topics covered include: liquid modernization and the individualization of society; the shift towards global forms of chaos and complexity; the displacement of the social into global ci. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Sociology -- Philosophy. |
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy. |
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Sociologists -- Interviews.
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Sociologists. |
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Interviews.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Interviews.
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Electronic books.
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Interviews.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gane, Nicholas, 1971- Future of social theory. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2004 (DLC) 2004300018 |
| ISBN |
9781847141071 (electronic book) |
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1847141072 (electronic book) |
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1281294306 |
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9781281294302 |
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0826470653 |
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0826470661 (paperback) |
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9780826470652 |
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9780826470669 (paperback) |
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