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Theorizing modernity : inescapability and attainability in social theory /

This book argues that sociology has lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the present human condition because sociology has stopped considering the philosophical requirements of social enquiry. The book attempts to restore that ability by retrieving some of the key questions that sociolo...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wagner, Peter, 1956 September 18-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : Sage Publications, 2001.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Theorizing Modernity; Chapter 1
  • the Certainty of Knowledge; Chapter 2
  • The Viability of the Polity; Chapter 3
  • The Continuity of Selfhood; Chapter 4
  • The Accessibility of the Past; Interlude: Modernity and Exile; Chapter 5
  • The transparency of the Future; Epilogue: Historicity, Plurality, Problematiques; References; Index.