| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Sociology and its fate: Circus at Varna (1971) -- Sociology : discontent present and perennial (1971) -- An end to sociology? (1975) -- Annales school and social theory (1978) -- II. Marxism and after: Beyond Marx in the sociology of religion? (1973) -- Critical theory and psychohistory (1974) -- Are we entering a post-Marxist age? : Marx after Marxism (1984) -- III. Thought in its setting: Students, professors and philosopher kings (1973) -- What really happened at the Sorbonne (1983). |
| Summary |
Norman Birnbaum is one of the most influential social critics in contemporary America. These essays, selected from his writings of the past twenty years, show the recent evolution and transformation of Marxist thought into the current 'post-Marxist' age. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociology -- United States.
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Sociology. |
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United States. |
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Marxian school of sociology.
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Marxian school of sociology. |
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects.
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects. |
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Education, Higher. |
| Indexed Term |
Sociology |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birnbaum, Norman. Searching for the light. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 (DLC) 92033018 |
| ISBN |
1429410906 (electronic book) |
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9781429410908 (electronic book) |
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1280525703 |
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9781280525704 |
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0195068890 (Cloth) |
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9780195068894 |
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