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... develop- ments in contemporary theory : postmodern social theory . While postmod- ernists tend to be critical of grand theories , they , like many modernists , have developed just such theories . Among the postmodern theories to be ...
... develop- ments in contemporary theory : postmodern social theory . While postmod- ernists tend to be critical of grand theories , they , like many modernists , have developed just such theories . Among the postmodern theories to be ...
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... develop its own distinctive structures , such as the family , the legal system , the state , and the economy . As these structures develop , they grow increasingly distant and separated from the lifeworld . Like the lifeworld the system ...
... develop its own distinctive structures , such as the family , the legal system , the state , and the economy . As these structures develop , they grow increasingly distant and separated from the lifeworld . Like the lifeworld the system ...
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... develop a theory of social structure . In his two essays published in 1972 , Emerson developed the basis of his in- tegrative exchange theory . In the first essay Emerson dealt with the psycholog- ical basis for social exchange , while ...
... develop a theory of social structure . In his two essays published in 1972 , Emerson developed the basis of his in- tegrative exchange theory . In the first essay Emerson dealt with the psycholog- ical basis for social exchange , while ...
Contents
Classical Grand Theories | 13 |
Classical Theories of Everyday Life | 42 |
Contemporary Theoretical Portraits of the Social World 1755 | 75 |
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