From Enlightenment to Risk: Social Theory and Contemporary Society
Author:   Simon Clarke
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2005 ed.
ISBN:  

9781403939524


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 October 2005
Format:   Hardback
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From Enlightenment to Risk: Social Theory and Contemporary Society


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This original new book offers a comprehensive introduction to social theories and how they are applied to contemporary social problems. It charts a critical path from Max Weber, the early Frankfurt School, through to the work of Michel Foucault, the concept of Postmodernism and current debates surrounding globalization, risk and network society. Exploring all the key ideas and thinkers, in addition to the most recent debates in the field, this book will be an engaging and lucid read for all those seeking to understand contemporary social theory today.

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Author:   Simon Clarke
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781403939524


ISBN 10:   1403939527
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 October 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements From Enlightenment to Risk: An Introduction Reason, Rationalisation and the Culture Industry The End of Enlightenment: Critical Theory, Modernity and Genocide Jurgen Habermas: Self Reflection, Rationality and Communicative Action Michel Foucault: Reason and Unreason From the 'Ship of Fools' to Disciplinary Society Post Modernism, Post Modernity and Hyperreality Shrinking the World: The Globalisation of Modernity Risk Society and (Dis)Information: From Reflexive Modernisation to Cybersociality Critical Psycho-Social Studies: A Conclusion Bibliography.

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SIMON CLARKE is Co-director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies and a Reader in the School of Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK. He is author of Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Racism and is editor of the international journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society.

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