The Future of Social Theory
About this book
The basic concept of society has come under attack - political acts, critical theory, new media and even history itself have undermined what we think of as the social. The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world's leading social theorists on what society means today: Zygmunt Bauman, John Urry, Saska Sassen, Bruno Latour, Scott Lash, Nikolas Rose, Judith Butler and Francoise Verges. The topics covered include: liquid modernization and the individualization of the society; the shift towards global forms of chaos and complexity; the displacement of the social into global city networks; the shift away from a theory of the social to a theory of space; the transformation of society with the rise of new technology; the continuing influence of historical forms of political power; society as a gendered idea; and society as a product of Empire.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Introduction: Rethinking Social Theory
- 2. Zygmunt Bauman: Liquid Sociality
- 3. Judith Butler: Reanimating the Social
- 4. Bruno Latour: The Social as Association
- 5. Scott Lash: Information is Alive
- 6. John Urry: Complex Mobilities
- 7. Saskia Sassen: Space and Power
- 8. Ulrich Beck: The Cosmopolitan Turn
- 9. Nikolas Rose: Governing the Social
- 10. Françoise Vergés: Postcolonial Challenges
- Index
