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Social Theory and Political Practice (RLE Social Theory)

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317652290
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice (RLE Social Theory) written by Brian Fay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.

Social Theory and Political Practice

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : London : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9780043000472
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice written by Brian Fay and published by London : Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1975 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Theory and Political Practice

Author : Christopher Lloyd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198274483
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice written by Christopher Lloyd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Theory and Political Practice

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780043000489
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice written by Brian Fay and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Practice of Political Theory

Author : Clayton Chin
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231547994
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Practice of Political Theory written by Clayton Chin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent political thought has grappled with a crisis in philosophical foundations: how do we justify the explicit and implicit normative claims and assumptions that guide political decisions and social criticism? In The Practice of Political Theory, Clayton Chin presents a critical reconstruction of the work of Richard Rorty that intervenes in the current surge of methodological debates in political thought, arguing that Rorty provides us with unrecognized tools for resolving key foundational issues. Chin illustrates the significance of Rorty’s thought for contemporary political thinking, casting his conception of “philosophy as cultural politics” as a resource for new models of sociopolitical criticism. He juxtaposes Rorty’s pragmatism with the ontological turn, illuminating them as alternative interventions in the current debate over the crisis of foundations in philosophy. Chin places Rorty in dialogue with continental philosophy and those working within its legacy. Focused on both important questions in pragmatist scholarship and central issues in contemporary political thought, The Practice of Political Theory is an important response to the vexed questions of justification and pluralism.

Politics and Social Theory

Author : Will Leggett
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 0230576818
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Social Theory written by Will Leggett and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under present social conditions, neither social theorists nor political scientists can afford to ignore one another. This book is a clear, structured account of the relationship between politics and social theory, examining both the political content of social theory, and how social theory has illuminated our understanding of politics.

The Social in the Global

Author : Jonathan Joseph
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107022908
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Social in the Global written by Jonathan Joseph and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applies sociological concepts to international relations by examining how influential social ideas contribute to global governance.

Social Theory and the Political Imaginary

Author : Craig Browne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003823165
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and the Political Imaginary written by Craig Browne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique and History is an innovative work of synthesis, critique, and analysis. It presages a social theory perspective that recognises the constitutive significance of the political imaginary in modernity. Social theory’s current dilemmas are explored through a series of interlinked asssessments of some of its recent substantial strands, specifically, Luc Boltanski’s pragmatism and the wider ‘practical turn’, the perspectives of multiple modernities and global modernity, the outlook of social and political imaginaries, and critical social theory. The political imaginary’s reconfigurations are evident in the tensions of global modernity and original social theory interpretations are advanced of landmark instances of twenty-first century social contestation: the Hong Kong protests conditioned by threats to civil freedoms and a lack of self-determination, the radical democratic practices of anti-austerity movements contesting capitalist globalisation’s injustices, and the inverted cosmopolitanism of the 2005 French Riots challenging the oppression and inequalities experienced by immigrant communities and marginalised youth. These incisive applications of social theory and complementary conceptual innovations illuminate the vicissitudes of social struggles, political forms, and theoretical perspectives. Similarly, reflection on the political imaginary is found to enable a necessary rethinking of the interrelationship of practice, critique and history.

The Social Theory of Practices

Author : Stephen P. Turner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745678289
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Social Theory of Practices written by Stephen P. Turner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first analysis and critique of the idea of practice as it has developed in the various theoretical traditions of the social sciences and the humanities. The concept of a practice, understood broadly as a tacit possession that is 'shared' by and the same for different people, has a fatal difficulty, the author argues. This object must in some way be transmitted, 'reproduced', in Bourdieu's famous phrase, in different persons. But there is no plausible mechanism by which such a process occurs. The historical uses of the concept, from Durkheim to Kripke's version of Wittgenstein, provide examples of the contortions that thinkers have been forced into by this problem, and show the ultimate implausibility of the idea of the interpersonal transmission of these supposed objects. Without the notion of 'sameness' the concept of practice collapses into the concept of habit. The conclusion sketches a picture of what happens when we do without the notion of a shared practice, and how this bears on social theory and philosophy. It explains why social theory cannot get beyond the stage of constructing fuzzy analogies, and why the standard constructions of the contemporary philosophical problem of relativism depend upon this defective notion.

Politics, Sociology and Social Theory

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745666566
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Politics, Sociology and Social Theory written by Anthony Giddens and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a challenging critique of major traditions of social and political analysis, but unique insights into the ideas which Giddens has developed over the past two decades.

Social Theory of International Politics

Author : Alexander Wendt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107268435
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory of International Politics written by Alexander Wendt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the central claims of the constructivist approach, presenting a structural and idealist worldview which contrasts with the individualism and materialism which underpins much mainstream international relations theory. He builds a cultural theory of international politics, which takes whether states view each other as enemies, rivals or friends as a fundamental determinant. Wendt characterises these roles as 'cultures of anarchy', described as Hobbesian, Lockean and Kantian respectively. These cultures are shared ideas which help shape state interests and capabilities, and generate tendencies in the international system. The book describes four factors which can drive structural change from one culture to another - interdependence, common fate, homogenization, and self-restraint - and examines the effects of capitalism and democracy in the emergence of a Kantian culture in the West.

Social Theory as Practice

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory as Practice written by Charles Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Condition Good.

Moral and Political Conceptions of Human Rights

Author : Reidar Maliks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107153972
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Moral and Political Conceptions of Human Rights written by Reidar Maliks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights can be understood as moral or political. This volume shows how this distinction matters for theory and practice.

Ralf Dahrendorf

Author : Olaf Kühne
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030442965
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Ralf Dahrendorf written by Olaf Kühne and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralf Dahrendorf (1929 to 2009) has worked in sociology, political practice and political philosophy, and is associated with significant impulses in role theory and conflict theory. This book presents the first synthesis of his extensive oeuvre in English. Dahrendorf's political commitment was driven largely by his desire to maximize life chances, thus contributing to the further development of liberalism. In the tradition of Karl Popper, his work in all areas was aimed at defending the open society, and he saw conflicts, if they were settled, as being suitable in principle for contributing to social progress. This book provides insights into the various methodological and theoretical aspects and critiques of Ralf Dahrendorf's work, as well as his reflections on the position of sociology in the system of sciences and in relation to political practice. The current crisis of liberal politics has made Dahrendorf’s work more relevant than ever, and this overview will be of great interest to students and researchers across sociology, political science, political ideologies and European integration.

The Political Theory of Political Thinking

Author : Michael Freeden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199568030
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Political Theory of Political Thinking written by Michael Freeden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to explore systematically what it means to think 'politically'. Using detailed contemporary and historical material, and investigating both professional and 'amateur' forms of political thinking, this study challenges much accepted wisdom on the topic, arguing that it is to be approached as a cluster of interacting features.

Public and Private in Thought and Practice

Author : Jeff Weintraub
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226886244
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Public and Private in Thought and Practice written by Jeff Weintraub and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays, by widely respected scholars in fields ranging from social and political theory to historical sociology and cultural studies, illuminate the significance of the public/private distinction for an increasingly wide range of debates. Commenting on controversies surrounding such issues as abortion rights, identity politics, and the requirements of democratization, many of these essays clarify crucial processes that have shaped the culture and institutions of modern societies. In contexts ranging from friendship, the family, and personal life to nationalism, democratic citizenship, the role of women in social and political life, and the contrasts between western and (post-)Communist societies, this book brings out the ways the various uses of the public/private distinction are simultaneously distinct and interconnected. Public and Private in Thought and Practice will be of interest to students and scholars in disciplines including politics, law, philosophy, history, sociology, and women's studies. Contributors include Jeff Weintraub, Allan Silver, Craig Calhoun, Daniela Gobetti, Jean L. Cohen, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Alan Wolfe, Krishan Kumar, David Brain, Karen Hansen, Marc Garcelon, and Oleg Kharkhordin.

Contemporary Political Agency

Author : Bice Maiguashca
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135044325
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Political Agency written by Bice Maiguashca and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between the state, the market and the society, it seeks to map both theoretically and empirically contemporary forms of global political agency. This book reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. More specifically, it empirically analyses a range of different forms of political agency and explores their significance for understanding and enacting global politics. Reflecting the efforts of scholars from a variety of disciplines from political theory and Sociology to Geography and International Relations, it brings into conversation a wide spectrum of theoretical approaches including Marxism, feminism, post-structuralism and historical institutionalism. The contributors compare a range of forms of political agency; exploring their significance for the theory and practice of global politics; and reflect on the tensions and synergies generated by recent efforts to conceptualise them. Demonstrating an innovative and interdisciplinary approach Contemporary Political Agency will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, sociology, political economy and political theory.