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xii, 605 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. What is theory? -- The classical attempt at synthesis: Talcott Parsons -- Parsons on the road to normativist functionalism -- Parsons and the elaboration of normativist functionalism -- Neo-utilitarianism -- Interpretive approaches (1): symbolic interactionism -- Interpretive approaches (2): ethnomethodology -- Conflict sociology and conflict theory -- Habermas and critical theory -- Habermas' 'theory of communicative action' -- Niklas Luhmann's radicalization of functionalism -- Anthony Giddens' theory of structuration and the new British sociology of power -- The renewal of Parsonianism and modernization theory -- Structuralism and poststructuralism -- Between structuralism and theory of practice: the cultural sociology of Pierre Bourdieu -- French anti-structuralists (Cornelius Castoriadis, Alain Touraine and Paul Ricoeur) -- Feminist social theories -- A crisis of modernity? New diagnoses (Ulrich Beck, Zygmunt Bauman, Robert Bellah, and the debate between liberals and communitarians) -- Neopragmatism -- How things stand. Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knöbl ; translated by Alex Skinner. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Translated from the German. Social sciences Philosophy History 20th century Sociology Philosophy History 20th century H61.15 .J6313 2009 300.1 9780521870634 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521870631 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780521690881 0521690889 2009015141 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009015141-b.html DLC 090430 20151127082502.0 15719363