Key thinkers in social science / Jason L. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Jason L., 1971-

Series:

Social Perspectives in the 21st Century (Series Editor: Jason L. Powell, Dean of Faculty, University

Social perspectives in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social scientists--Biography.

Social scientists.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the relevance of key thinkers in social science from historical traditions to contemporary philosophers and the nature of modern society and how theories and concepts can be used to shed light on trends and inequalities around the world in which these thinkers lived. History is fast moving. The book attempts to explore the works of Weber, Durkheim, and Marx in the first three chapters to illustrate how their varieties of social science gave intimation about the social world in terms of social disorder and the remedies and actions needed to bring about social justice. The lat

Contents:

""KEY THINKERS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE""; ""KEY THINKERS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 2: MAX WEBER AND MODERN SOCIETY""; ""WEBER AND REASON""; ""Chapter 3: EMILE DURKHEIM""; ""ANOMIE""; ""Chapter 4: KARL MARX AND TENSIONS IN MODERN SOCIETY ""; ""MARX, DURKHEIM AND WEBER � EUROCENTRIC SOCIAL THEORISTS IN A EUROCENTRIC WORLD?""; ""Chapter 5: PARSONIAN FUNCTIONALISM AND MODERN SOCIETY ""; ""PARSONS, SOCIAL ACTION AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS""; ""PARSONS AND THE FAMILY""

""Chapter 6: FOCAULT AND MODERN SOCIETY """"ARCHAEOLOGY AND AGING""; ""GENEALOGY AND AGING""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 7: HABERMAS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ""; ""COMMUNICATIVE ACTION""; ""�IN THE BLUE AND RED CORNERS�: LYOTARD V HABERMAS""; ""PUTTING HABERMAS UNDER THE THEORETICAL MICROSCOPE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-460-X

OCLC:

855534384