Forfatter fødeår: 1956
Europeans - or ´Westerners´ - have long been inclined to think that their form of socio-political organisation,... Læs mere
Examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the 'organization of modernity', in relation to... Læs mere
Argues that sociology has lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the human condition because sociology has stopped... Læs mere
This book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary... Læs mere
This book offers a sociology of modernity in terms of an historical account of social transformations over the past two centuries, focusing on Western Europe but also looking at the USA and at Soviet socialism as distinct variants of modernity.