This major new textbook in social theory takes the concept of modernity as its guiding theme.
Nigel Dodd is Lecturer in Sociology, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Acknowledgements
vi
Introduction: Modern and Postmodern Social Theory
1
(10)
Part I Classical Social Theory
Modernity and Society: Marx and Durkheim
11
(20)
Modernity and Reason: Simmel and Weber
31
(28)
Part II Modern Social Theory
A Critique of Reason: Horkheimer, Adorno and Marcuse
59
(27)
Reason and Power: Foucault
86
(20)
The Potential of Reason: Habermas
106
(25)
Part III Postmodern Social Theory
Reality in Retreat: Lyotard and Baudrillard
131
(29)
Society under Suspicion: Bauman and Rorty
160
(25)
Modernity Renewed: Giddens and Beck
185
(34)
Conclusion
210
(9)
Notes
219
(29)
References
248
(15)
Index
263
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