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Book Title
Central Problems in Social Theory : Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis
Publication Name
Central Problems in Social Theory
Title
Central Problems in Social Theory
Author
Anthony Giddens
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780520039759
ISBN
9780520039759
Publisher
University of California Press
Genre
Social Science
Topic
Sociology / General, General
Release Year
1979
Release Date
29/11/1979
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Length
8.2in
Publication Year
1979
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Number of Pages
294 Pages

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In this new and brilliantly organized book of essays, Anthony Giddens discusses three main theoretical traditions in social science that cut across the division between Marxist and non-Marxist sociology: interpretive sociology, functionalism, and structuralism. Beginning with a critical examination of the importance of structuralism for contemporary sociology, the author develops a comprehensive account of what he calls the theory of structuration. One of the main themes is that social theory must recognize, as it has not done hitherto, that all social actors are knowledgeable about the social systems they produce and reproduce in their conduct. In order to grasp the significance of this, he argues, we have to reconsider some of the most basic concepts in sociology. In particular, Giddens argues, it is essential to recognize the significance of time-space relations in social theory. He rejects the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, or statics and dynamics, involved in both structuralism and functionalism, and offers extensive critical commentary on the latter as an approach to sociology. The book, which can be described as a non-functionalist manifesto, breaks with the three main theoretical traditions in the social sciences today while retaining the significant contributions each contains. In so doing Giddens discusses a range of fundamental problem areas in the social sciences: power and domination, conflict and contradiction, and social transformation. He concludes with an overall appraisal of the key problems in social theory today.

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University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520039750
ISBN-13
9780520039759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
264446

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Book Title
Central Problems in Social Theory : Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis
Author
Anthony Giddens
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, General
Publication Year
1979
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
294 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz

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Hm24.G446
Table of Content
Preface Introduction 1. Structuralism and the Theory of the Subject 2. Agency, Structure 3. Institutions, Reproduction, Socialization 4. Contradiction, Power, Historical Materialism 5. Ideology and Consciousness 6. Time, Space, Social Change 7. The Prospects for Social Theory Today Notes and References Index
Copyright Date
1979
Lccn
79-064667
Dewey Decimal
301

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