Social theory and social criticism : essays for Tom Bottomore
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Social theory and social criticism : essays for Tom Bottomore
B. Blackwell, 1987
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Papers presented at a conference held at Sussex, U.K
Includes index
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Description
The book reflects the diversity and interdisciplinary character of social theory in the contemporary world, providing an international group of eminent scholars with a forum in which they address some of the central issues in modern social and political thought: the revival of Marxism and its relevance to the social sciences, the analysis of social and political structures and social movements (in particular the labour movement), and the future of advanced capitalist societies. The contributors are: Zygmunt Bauman, Kurt M. Wolff, Roy Edgley, Ernest Gellner, Istvan Meszaros, Stephen Yeo, Ronald P. Dore, Christopher Thorne, Paul Q. Hirst, Ralph Miliband, Peter Lloyd, Robert J. Brym, Alain Touraine.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- The Importance of Being Marxist. Zygmunt Bauman: (Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds)
- Sociology?. Kurt H. Wolff: (Manuel Yellen Professor of Social Relations, Emeritus, at Brandeis)
- Sociology, Social Criticism and Marxism. Roy Edgley: (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex)
- How Did Mankind Acquire Its Essence? or The Paleolithic October Ernest Gellner: (Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge)
- Customs, Tradition, Legality: A Key Problem in the Dialectic of Base and Superstructure. Istvan Meszaros: (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex)
- The Three Socialisms: Statism, Collectivism, Associationism. Stephen Yeo: (Teaches History at the University of Sussex)
- Late Capitalism, Corporatism and Other Isms. Ronald P. Dore: (is Reischauer Visiting Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, and Director of the Japanese and Comparative Industrial Research Centre, Imperial College, London)
- Societies, Sociology and the International: Some Contributions and Questions, with Particular Reference to Total War. Christopher Thorne: (Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex)
- Retrieving Pluralism. Paul Q. Hirst: (Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck College, University of London)
- Class Struggle From Above. Ralph Miliband: (Teaches in the Fall Semester at York University, Toronto)
- Social Classes, Social Movements or Social Tension?. Peter Lloyd: (Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex)
- Incorporation Versus Power Models of Working Class Radicalism: With Special Reference to North America. Robert J. Brym: (Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto)
- The Rise and Fall of the French Labour Movement. Alain Touraine: (Professor at the Ecole Des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales where he is Director of the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologiques)
- Humour and Social Structure. Michael Mulkay: (Professor of Sociology at the University of York).
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