Overview

French Social Theory, an extraordinarily accomplished book provides a peerless account of the French tradition. French Social Theory provides a systematic account of French social theory from the aftermath of the French Revolution (St Simon, Bazard and Comte) to the contemporary scene dominated by Kristeva, Deleuze, Bourdieu and Baudrillard; divides French social theory into three logically coherent cycles: 1800-80 (Positivist); 1880-1940 (Anthropological); 1940-2000 (Marxist); French Social Theory provides a detailed guide to the three phases of postwar French social theory - existential, structural and post-structural; and situates the discussions of individuals and schools in the relevant social and political contexts. French Social Theory is a masterpiece of erudition and scholarship but is written throughout in an engaging and informative style.

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Author:   Mike Gane
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9780761968313

ISBN 10:   0761968318
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   11 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: FIRST CYCLE: 1800-1880 THE BIRTH SOCIAL THEORY: ALTRUISM The Post-revolutionary Void Sacrificial Theory and the Sociology of Modernity Theory in Crisis Religion and the Subjective End of the First Cycle Scholasticism PART TWO: SECOND CYCLE: 1880-1940 THE REBIRTH OF SOCIAL THEORY: ANOMIE Social Theory Reborn French Society Vanguard without a Norm Method in Crisis and the Resort to Theory in Suicide End of the Second Cycle Anthropology and Religion PART THREE: THIRD CYCLE: 1940-2000 THE SECOND BIRTH OF SOCIAL THEORY: HYPERTELIA Existential Theory The Algerian War From Pathology to Normativity Structural Theory Radical Theory and the End of the Social Fin-de-Cycle Time of Counter-Strategies Conclusion Social Theory at the End of the Social

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Gane provides a sweeping summary of some of the central themes in French social theory over the last two centuries as he traces French social theory from the birth of the social in Saint-Simonianism to the social's supposed demise in the recent writings of Jean Baudrillard... overall he does a masterful job of weaving together social theory with French social and intellectual history. CHOICE 20031201

Gane provides a sweeping summary of some of the central themes in French social theory over the last two centuries as he traces French social theory from the birth of the social in Saint-Simonianism to the social's supposed demise in the recent writings of Jean Baudrillard... overall he does a masterful job of weaving together social theory with French social and intellectual history. CHOICE

""Gane provides a sweeping summary of some of the central themes in French social theory over the last two centuries as he traces French social theory from the birth of the ""social"" in Saint-Simonianism to the ""social′s"" supposed demise in the recent writings of Jean Baudrillard. . . . overall he does a masterful job of weaving together social theory with French social and intellectual history."" * CHOICE *

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Mike Gane is Professor of Sociology at University of Loughborough

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