Senin, 23 Februari 2009

Critical Visions: New Directions in Social Theory

Critical Visions: New Directions in Social Theory
By Anthony Elliott


Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Number Of Pages: 240
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0742526895
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780742526891


Product Description:

This remarkable book develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary social theory. Drawing social theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis together in a bold configuration, Elliott challenges the widespread view that social theory seems to have lost its way as a result of the diversification of conceptual approaches. In outlining an approach that places imagination and creativity at the center of social theory, Elliott argues that theoretical pluralism--from post-structuralism to postmodernism, from psychoanalysis to deconstruction--represents not the demise, but the renewal of critical social theory.



Summary: Vsions for the Future
Rating: 5

Brilliant! I've read Elliott previously, and this book is perhaps his best. Clear, focused and analytically distinct. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in theory.

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