基本説明
Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Parsons and Althusser, this study maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.
Full Description
Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, Society and its Metaphors maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.
Contents
Introduction; 1. Durkheim's Structures: Writing the Emergence of the Social; 2. Marx: Labouring for Structure; 3. Weber's Structures: Deferral, Rationality and Heros of History; 4. Parsons' Structure: the 'Epistemological Obstacle' of Complexity; Conclusion: Reading Texts, Writing Theory: Against the Illusion of Transparency
