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100			_aMouzelis, Nicos P. _91234895
245			_aModern and postmodern social theorizing
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2008
300			_bxiii, 311p. _cIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aThere is a growing conflict between modern and postmodern social theorists. The latter reject modern approaches as economistic, essentialist and often leading to authoritarian policies. Modernists criticize postmodern approaches for their rejection of holistic conceptual frameworks which facilitate an overall picture of how social wholes (organizations, communities, nation-states, etc.) are constituted, reproduced and transformed. They believe the rejection of holistic methodologies leads to social myopia - a refusal to explore critically the type of broad problems that classical sociology deals with. This book attempts to bridge the divide between these two conflicting perspectives and proposes a novel holistic framework which is neither reductionist/economistic nor essentialist. Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing will appeal to scholars and students of social theory and of social sciences in general.
650			_aPostmodernism-Social aspects _91234896
650			_aSociology-Methodology _91234897
650			_aSociology-Philosophy _91234898
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