The sociological revolution : from the Enlightenment to the global age

Author(s)

• Kilminster, Richard

Bibliographic Information

The sociological revolution : from the Enlightenment to the global age

Richard Kilminster

Routledge, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-213) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

By controversially turning away from the current debates which surround social theory, this book provides an historical analysis of the profound burden of sociology and its implications today.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 From Philosophy to the Sociology of Knowledge
• Chapter 1 Sociologists and Philosophy
• Chapter 2 The Hegelian Apogee
• Chapter 3 Marx's Theory of Knowledge as a Part ial Breakthrough
• Part 2 Figurational Explorations
• Chapter 4 The Limits of Transcendental Sociology
• Chapter 5 The Structure of Structuralism
• Chapter 6 Globalization as an Emergent Concept
• Chapter 7 Structuration theory as a World-View
• Chapter 8 Sociology Since 1945
• Chapter 9 Concluding Remarks

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Details

• NCID: BA37968367
• ISBN:
  • 0415029201
• LCCN: 98023813
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 221 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM19
  • DC21 : 301/.09
  • DC21 : 301.09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of.GB9116385
  • LCSH : Sociology -- History
  • LCSH : Sociology -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of.GB9873196