Society and Culture: Scarcity and SolidaritySociety and Culture reclaims the classical heritage, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the promise of sociology in the 21st century and asks whether the `cultural turn' has made the study of society redundant. Sociologists have objected to the rise of cultural studies on the grounds that it produces cultural relativism and lacks a stable research agenda. This book looks at these criticisms and illustrates the relevance of a sociological perspective in the analysis of human practice. The book argues that the classical tradition must be treated as a living tradition, rather than a period piece. It analyzes the fundamental principles of belonging and conflict in society and provides a detailed critical survey of the p |
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... modern societies is constituted as a personal narrative within which love and intimacy form importance sequences in the construction of the self . For Giddens the self is a reflexive identity in modernity shaped and structured by the ...
... modern societies is constituted as a personal narrative within which love and intimacy form importance sequences in the construction of the self . For Giddens the self is a reflexive identity in modernity shaped and structured by the ...
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... society , but , given the technological character of modern warfare , military conflicts in Korea , Vietnam , Afghanistan and Kosovo appear to fragment democracies rather than cement them . Finally , the transformations of parenthood in ...
... society , but , given the technological character of modern warfare , military conflicts in Korea , Vietnam , Afghanistan and Kosovo appear to fragment democracies rather than cement them . Finally , the transformations of parenthood in ...
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... Modern Society . Chicago : Free Press . Parsons , T. ( 1963 ) ' Christianity and Modern Industrial Society ' in E.A. Tiryakian ( ed . ) Sociological Theory , Values and Sociocultural Change : Essays in Honor of Pitrim A. Sorokin . New ...
... Modern Society . Chicago : Free Press . Parsons , T. ( 1963 ) ' Christianity and Modern Industrial Society ' in E.A. Tiryakian ( ed . ) Sociological Theory , Values and Sociocultural Change : Essays in Honor of Pitrim A. Sorokin . New ...
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Solidarity in Europe: The History of an Idea Steinar Stjernĝ,Stjernĝ Steinar No preview available - 2005 |