TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sibeon,Roger
TI  - Rethinking social theory
SN  - 9781847871619
AV  - H61 .S545 2004
U1  - 300/.1 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Sciences sociales
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Sociologie
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Methodology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Sozialphilosophie
KW  - gnd
KW  - gtt
KW  - Filosofie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-221) and index; Introduction: The legacy of four cardinal sins -- Metatheoretical preliminaries -- Agency-structure and micro-macro -- Links between theoretical approaches -- Three major contributors to contemporary sociological theory: Archer, Mouzelis and Layder -- Social action, power and interests -- Spatial dimensions of the social -- Towards an integrated metatheoretical and methodological framework -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - [This book] provides a strong critique of the flaws in the field, developing a sustained argument for a revitalization of sociological theory as an academic discipline. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed the 'cultural turn' - a postmodern rejection of disciplinary knowledge in pursuit of the examination of culture - but here [the author] argues for a 'return' to a sociological theory and method that will facilitate worthwhile social knowledge. Comprehensive and ambitious, the book fuses theory and empirical matter, resulting in a compelling new contribution to the theoretical development of sociology and related disciplines. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Giddens, Mouzelis, Archer and Layder, and on a wide range of readings in contemporary social theory, [the author] explores unresolved controversies and ambiguities in today's sociological theorizing; critically examines four longstanding modes of social scientific thought - reductionism, essentialism, reification and functional teleology; develops a set of post-postmodern postulates and meta-concepts as resources for a multi-dimensional, multi-level (meta) theoretical and methodological framework. This book will interest academics and advanced students of sociology, social theory, social geography and political science.-Back cover
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