Dialectics in Social Thought - The Present Crisis

Zusatztext "This book distinguishes itself by placing its central emphasis on the dialectical character of social thought(s)! while seeking to reveal the value of dialectical thinking for the analysis of the contemporary social world. ? this rich and timely book is highly likely to appeal to anyone interested in addressing the theoretical challenges posed by the neoliberal condition." (Charles Masquelier! Sociology! Vol. 50 (3)! June! 2016) Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey R. Skoll is emeritus faculty member in Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA. Previous books include Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory (2009) and Social Theory of Fear (2010). Klappentext Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Zizek. Zusammenfassung Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Žižek. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Dialectics and Social Thought 2. Marx and the Dialectic of Capital 3. Freud and the Dialectic of Psychology 4. Peirce, Mead, Goffman, and Interactional Social Science 5. Culture and Society 6. Critical Theories 7. Rebellion 8. The Phenomenologists 9. Contemporary Social Thought: Agamben to Zizek 10. Dialectics of Contemporary Society and the Present Crisis

Produktdetails

• Autoren: G Skoll, G. Skoll, Geoffrey R. Skoll
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.06.2014
• EAN: 9781137388896
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38889-6
• Seiten: 221
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Soziologie, B, Sociology, Society, Politik und Staat, Ethics, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Karl Marx, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, Psychology, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, Present, social and political philosophy, auseinandersetzen, Comparative Politics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, Social Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Comparative government, Political science—Philosophy