French Social Theory
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French Social Theory

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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French Social Theory

About this book

No national tradition of social theory has been more seductive to Anglo-American readers than the French.There has been a long-standing fascination with French ideas and debates.

This extraordinarily accomplished book, written by one of Britain?s leading commentators on social theory, provides a peerless account of the French tradition.The book: provides a systematic account of French social theory from the aftermath of the French Revolution (St Simon, Bazard and Comte) to the contemporary scene dominated by Kristeva, Deleuze, Bourdieu and Baudrillard; divides French social theory into three logically coherent cycles: 1800-80 (positivist); 1880-1940 (anthropological); 1940-2000 (Marxist); provides a detailed guide to the three phases of postwar French social theory - existential, structural and post-structural; and situates the discussions of individuals and schools in the relevant social and political contexts.

The book is a masterpiece of erudition and scholarship but is written throughout in an engaging and informative style. It will be required reading for anyone interested in social theory and sociology.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Part I: The First Cycle, 1800-1879. The Birthe of Social Theory: Altruism
  6. Chapter 1 - The Post-revolutionary Void
  7. Chapter 2 - Sacritical Theory and the Sociology of Modernity
  8. Chapter 3 - Theory in Crisis: Relition and the Subjective
  9. Chapter 4 - The End of the First Cycle: Scholasticism
  10. Part II: The Second Cycle, 1880-1939. The First Rebirth of Social Theory: Anomie
  11. Chapter 5 - Social Theory Reborn
  12. Chapter 6 - French Society: Vanguard without Norm
  13. Chapter 7 - The Crisis in Method and the Resort to Theory in Suicide
  14. Chapter 8 - End of Second Cycle: Anthropology and Religion
  15. Part III: The Third Cycle, 1940-2000. The Second Rebirth of Social Theory: Hypertelia
  16. Chapter 9 - Existential Theory
  17. Chapter 10 - The Algerian War
  18. Chapter 11 - From Pathology to Normativity
  19. Chapter 12 - Structural Theory
  20. Chapter 13 - Radical Theory and the End of the Social
  21. Chapter 14 - Fin-de-Cycle: Time of Counter-strategies
  22. Conclusion
  23. References
  24. Name Index
  25. Subject Index