Enlightenment and Despair - A History of Social Theory

Geoffrey Hawthorn has written a substantial new conclusion for the second edition of his widely acclaimed critical history of social theory in England, France, Germany and the USA from the eighteenth century to the present. Hawthorn begins with the 'prehistory' of the subject and traces, particularly in the thought of Rousseau, Kant and Hegel, the emergence of certain fundamental distinctions and assumptions whose existence is often overlooked in studies of the traditional 'founding-fathers' of sociology like Marx, Dukheim and Weber.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Enlightenment and doubt; 2. History resolved by mind; 3. History resolved by men; 4. History resolved by laws I; 5. History resolved by laws II; 6. History resolved by laws III; 7. History resolved by will; 8. History doubted; 9. History ignored; 10. History unresolved; Conclusion; Bibliographies; Index.

Summary

Geoffrey Hawthorn has written an acclaimed critical history of social theory in England, France, Germany and the USA from the eighteenth century onwards. He examines not only the 'founding-fathers' of sociology (Marx, Durkheim and Weber), Hawthorn also examines the work of Rousseau, Kant and Hegel.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Hawthorn, Geoffrey (University of Cambridge) Hawthorn, Hawthorn Geoffrey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.1987
• EAN: 9780521337212
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33721-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Paperback Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Sociology and anthropology