Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis - Anthony Giddens - Livres - University of California Press - 9780520039759 - 29 novembre 1979
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Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis

Anthony Giddens

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Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis

In this new and brilliantly organized book of essays, Anthony Giddens discusses three main theoretical traditions in social science that cut across the division between Marxist and non-Marxist sociology: interpretive sociology, functionalism, and structuralism.

Beginning with a critical examination of the importance of structuralism for contemporary sociology, the author develops a comprehensive account of what he calls "the theory of structuration." One of the main themes is that social theory must recognize, as it has not done hitherto, that all social actors are knowledgeable about the social systems they produce and reproduce in their conduct. In order to grasp the significance of this, he argues, we have to reconsider some of the most basic concepts in sociology.

In particular, Giddens argues, it is essential to recognize the significance of time-space relations in social theory. He rejects the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, or statics and dynamics, involved in both structuralism and functionalism, and offers extensive critical commentary on the latter as an approach to sociology.

The book, which can be described as a "non-functionalist manifesto," breaks with the three main theoretical traditions in the social sciences today while retaining the significant contributions each contains. In so doing Giddens discusses a range of fundamental problem areas in the social sciences: power and domination, conflict and contradiction, and social transformation. He concludes with an overall appraisal of the key problems in social theory today.

Médias Livres     Paperback Book   (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé 29 novembre 1979
ISBN13 9780520039759
Éditeurs University of California Press
Pages 294
Dimensions 146 × 21 × 222 mm   ·   335 g
Langue et grammaire English  

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