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A short introduction to social theory / Jason L. Powell, editor.

Contributor(s): Series: Social perspectives of agingPublication details: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (77 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781621009740
Subject(s): Online resources: Abstract: Introduction -- Social theory and rationality: from Weber to the modern "McWorld" -- The irresistible force meets the immovable object: the division of labour thesis versus capitalism -- Historical social theory: a critical gaze -- the case of gender and feminism -- Social theory and Eurocentricity of "Western modernity" -- Symbolic interactionism -- The dominance of American structural functionalism and social theory: a critical narrative -- Critical theory -- Post-structuralism and post 9/11 social theory -- Enter the postmodern debate
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-69) and index.

Introduction -- Social theory and rationality: from Weber to the modern "McWorld" -- The irresistible force meets the immovable object: the division of labour thesis versus capitalism -- Historical social theory: a critical gaze -- the case of gender and feminism -- Social theory and Eurocentricity of "Western modernity" -- Symbolic interactionism -- The dominance of American structural functionalism and social theory: a critical narrative -- Critical theory -- Post-structuralism and post 9/11 social theory -- Enter the postmodern debate

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