ABSTRACT
This book provides an illuminating introduction to a collection of readings on social theory and provides an overview of the socio-historical context and delineation of key thinkers and texts. It includes a new section exploring social theory at the limits of the social.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|129 pages
Modernity’s Classical Age: 1848–1919
part 2|65 pages
Social Theories and World Conflict: 1919–1945
part 3|72 pages
The Golden Moment: 1945–1963
part 4|56 pages
Will the Center Hold? 1963–1979
part 5|100 pages
After Modernity: 1979–2001
part 6|94 pages
Global Realities in an Uncertain Century
