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Society and its metaphors : language, social theory and social structure / Jose Lopez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- López, José, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social structure.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Continuum, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, Society and its Metaphors maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.
- Contents:
- Social theorizing as a language-borne practice
- Durkheim's structures: writing the emergence of the social
- Marx: labouring for structure
- Weber's structures: deferral, rationality, and the heroes of history
- Parsons' structures: writing order
- Althusser's structure: the 'epistomological obstacle' of complexity
- Reading texts, writing theory: against the illusion of transparency.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611298807
- 9781281298805
- 1281298808
- 9781847143730
- 1847143733
- OCLC:
- 229448563
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