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The future of social theory / Nicholas Gane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gane, Nicholas, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Sociologists--Interviews.
- Sociologists.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 210 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2004]
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Rethinking Social Theory 1
- 2. Zygmunt Bauman: Liquid Sociality 17
- 3. Judith Butler: Reanimating the Social 47
- 4. Bruno Latour: The Social as Association 77
- 5. Scott Lash: Information is Alive 91
- 6. John Urry: Complex Mobilities 109
- 7. Saskia Sassen: Space and Power 125
- 8. Ulrich Beck: The Cosmopolitan Turn 143
- 9. Nikolas Rose: Governing the Social 167
- 10. Francoise Verges: Postcolonial Challenges 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826470653
- 0826470661
- OCLC:
- 53461145
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