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Author: Spiros Gangas (The American College of Greece, Greece)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.598kg
ISBN: 9781138488694
ISBN 10: 1138488690
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 15 October 2019
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College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A systematic conversation between the capabilities approach, as developed by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, and the grand tradition of sociological theory of Marx, Weber, Parsons and Habermas has long been overdue and this is precisely what Spiros Gangas offers in his original and ambitious new book. By revisiting the main tenets of the capabilities approach in light of contemporary sociological debates on normativity and social crises, Gangas articulates interdisciplinary arguments that handle successfully insights from philosophy, critical theory, economics, and sociology itself in both their conceptual and normative sophistication. The result not only does justice to these traditions but also carries them forward. - Daniel Chernilo, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile and Visiting Professor of Social and Political Thought, Loughborough University, UK
""A systematic conversation between the capabilities approach, as developed by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, and the grand tradition of sociological theory of Marx, Weber, Parsons and Habermas has long been overdue and this is precisely what Spiros Gangas offers in his original and ambitious new book. By revisiting the main tenets of the capabilities approach in light of contemporary sociological debates on normativity and social crises, Gangas articulates interdisciplinary arguments that handle successfully insights from philosophy, critical theory, economics and sociology itself in both their conceptual and normative sophistication. The result not only does justice to these traditions but also carries them forward."" – Daniel Chernilo, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile, and Visiting Professor of Social and Political Thought, Loughborough University, UK
A systematic conversation between the capabilities approach, as developed by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen, and the grand tradition of sociological theory of Marx, Weber, Parsons and Habermas has long been overdue and this is precisely what Spiros Gangas offers in his original and ambitious new book. By revisiting the main tenets of the capabilities approach in light of contemporary sociological debates on normativity and social crises, Gangas articulates interdisciplinary arguments that handle successfully insights from philosophy, critical theory, economics and sociology itself in both their conceptual and normative sophistication. The result not only does justice to these traditions but also carries them forward. - Daniel Chernilo, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, and Visiting Professor of Social and Political Thought, Loughborough University, UK
Author Information
Spiros Gangas is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Deree-the American College of Greece. His principal areas of research are classical and contemporary sociological theory, value theory, capability approach and film studies.
