| Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead Contributor(s): Halewood, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783083689 ISBN-13: 9781783083688 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | Social - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 300.1 |
| LCCN: 2014041897 |
| Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.98 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: According to some social theorists, we are 'at the end of the social'. This book argues that such pronouncements may be premature, as we need to reengage with what sociologists have previously meant by 'the social'. 'Rethinking the Social' is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers and suggests that debates surrounding this concept remain very much alive. Building on A. N. Whitehead's work, Halewood develops a novel 'philosophy of the social'. |