Social Theory and Postcommunism

Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theoryDiscusses alternative ideas of social organizations other than capitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communism Covers state/civil society, globalization, the future of "modernity," and post-socialism

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex. His recent publications include The Sociology of Politics (co-edited with Luke Martell, 1998) and The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought (Blackwell 2002). He also acts as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Social Theory.

Larry Ray is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent. He has recently published Theorizing Classical Sociology (1999) and Key Contemporary Social Theorists (co-edited with Anthony Elliott, Blackwell 2002). He has done extensive work and research on the crisis and transformation of postcommunist societies.

Preface	vii
Introduction: Being Taken by Surprise	1	(6)
1 Theory after the Fall	7	(18)
2 Class: Marx and Weber	25	(17)
3 Society, Solidarity, and Anomie: Durkheim	42	(25)
4 Three Types of Convergence	67	(21)
5 Socialism, Modernity and Beyond	88	(29)
6 Globalization and Convergence	117	(30)
7 Civil Society East and West	147	(29)
8 Modernity, Memory, and Postcommunism	176	(21)
9 Concluding Themes	197	(7)
Notes	204	(13)
Bibliography	217	(28)
Index	245

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