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Author:   Peter Beilharz ,  etc. ,  Gillian Robinson (Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) ,  John Rundell (Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780262521796

ISBN 10:   0262521792
Pages:   267
Publication Date:   14 December 1992
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Part 1: between Bolshevism and democracy, Peter Beilharz; socialism and democracy, Peter Murphy; the theory of modernity and the problematic of democracy, Johann Arnason; the life and times of social democracy, Peter Beilharz; corporatism, democracy and modernity, Julian Triado; the anti-totalitarian revolutions, Edgar Morin; the left after communism, Ferenc Feher; the world reconsidered - a brief aggiornamento for leftist intellectuals, Gunnar Skirbekk. Part 2: beyond crisis, beyond novelty, John Rundell; a sociological theory of postmodernity, Zygmunt Bauman; the self-misunderstanding of modernity, Axel Honneth; is sociology still the study of society?, Alain Touraine; civil society and social theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato; are we living in a world of emotional impoverishment?, Agnes Heller; individual, society, rationality, history, Cornelius Castoriadis.

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