Social creativity, collective subjectivity and contemporary modernity
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Social creativity, collective subjectivity and contemporary modernity
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 2000
- : uk
- : us
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 174-196
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The axis of this book is the articulation between the concept of collective subjectivity and the themes of social evolution and social creativity. It also includes contemporary modernity and social change on the other. Drawing on theoretical ideas on reflexivity, creativity and history, it proposes a discussion of the fundamental aspects of contemporary society, dealing with global modernity, economic sociology and social policy, via concrete discussions about Brazil and Britain.
Table of Contents
- Nature, social systems and collective causality
- action and movement, memory and social creativity
- the logic of scientific research
- evolution and history
- modernity, tradition and reflexivity in contemporary Brazil
- the forms of co-ordination of the economy dialectics and modernity, autonomy and solidarity
- by way of conclusion - critical theory at the turn of the century.
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