Difference and Modernity: Social Theory and Contemporary Japanese Society 9781136898211, 1136898212

The question of ‘postmodernity’ that has swept Western academic and intellectual circles raises critical comparative que

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This social theory textbook introduces undergraduates to a multitude of different theorists. Their contributions to cont

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In the neoliberal world of the twenty-first century, the progressive academy urgently needs a vehicle for normative soci

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This reader provides a critical and comprehensive account of the theoretical and practical issues raised in working with

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First published in 1997. This book is addressed to two kinds of readers: to social theorists, on the grounds that the Ja

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In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relatio

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Paradoxes of Individualization addresses one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary sociology: whether a proce

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Preface -- Introduction -- Classical social theory -- Hegel on dialectics, the state, and society -- Marx and Engels on

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