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This study provides a close textual analysis of Durkheimian
sociology from the standpoint of critical structuralism. Durkheim's
social ontology is analyzed as a sociologistic theory of reality
driven by an apparent tension between social determinism and
individualism. This tension is probed to reveal its ultimate
resolution in an absolute social determinism. This sociologistic
social determinism is then scrutinized, as a potential affinity
beween Durkheimianism and structuralism. It is demonstrated that
Durkheim's ontological social determinism, while absolute, is
coextensive with an ontological collective subjectivism. The author
concludes that Durkheim's socio-ontology is wholly incompatible
with structuralist socio-ontology. Durkheim's epistemology is
analyzed as a sociological theory of knowledge, engendering an
apparent tension between social relativism and scientific
rationalism. This tension is examined to reveal its ultimate
resolution in an absolute scientific rationalism. This sociological
scientific rationalism is then scrutinized as a potential affinity
between Durkheimianism and structuralism.
The contributions in this 22nd volume of "Current Perspectives in
Social Theory" explore the arguments for and against a view of the
world in which multiple, distinct and conflicting societies differ
both over time and contemporaneously.
Reflecting the cultural diversity in critical theory, Current
perspectives in social theory presents work from a variety of
theoretical traditions demonstrating the problems of sociological
theorizing. Volume 21 echoes a current trend by publishing articles
that reconsider Marx, Althusser and Gramsci.
Current Perspectives in Social Theory (CPST) presents essays on
major issues in contemporary theoretical sociology, providing both
critical overviews of major debates and original contributions by
specialists working in social theory, sociological theory, and
critical theory.
This work contains an Introduction by Harry F. Dahms. It includes
contents such as: Periodizing Globalization: From Cold War
Modernization to the Bush Doctrine Robert J. Antonio and Alessandro
Bonanno; Recognizing Empire: Alienation, Authority, and Delusions
of Grandeur David Norman Smith; Corporate Warriors: Changing Forms
of Private Armed Force in America Harry W. Isaac and Daniel M.
Harrison; From Exceptionalism to Imperialism: Culture, Character
and American Foreign Policy Lauren Langman and Meghan Burke;
9.11.01 and Its Global Aftermath: Empire Strikes Back? Timothy
Luke. It also includes commentaries - Globalization and Social
Justice: Working the Tensions of the Dialectics of National
Character Karen Monkman; Neoliberalism and its Discontents:
Comments on Three Views of the American Empire Barney Warf. It
includes five chapters and two commentaries from some of the most
respected personalities in the field. It takes a broad and diverse
look at the development of globalization.
This volume discusses, and manifests, three interrelated
perspectives in social theory. First, that all knowledge, including
scientific knowledge, is theoretical: there are alternative
perspectives, or theories, about any phenomenon. Second, that all
knowledge, including scientific knowledge is political: these
alternative perspectives are contested, as they are related to
different groups with different interests. Third, that all
knowledge, including scientific knowledge, is social: alternative
perspectives have alternative social causes and alternative social
effects.
"Current Perspectives in Social Theory" presents essays on the
major issues in contemporary theoretical work in sociology,
providing both a critical overview of the development of major
debates and original formulations by specialists working in various
fields. Emphasis is put upon the presentation of new developments
in special areas. Intended to cover the discipline as a whole,
"Current Perspectives in Social Theory" seeks to maintain a balance
between the general and the particular by dividing each volume into
two parts, the first consisting of field statements by recognized
academics in major areas of sociology, the second consisting of
pieces focused on more detailed theoretical issues.
This is the 18th volume in a series discussing a topics in social
theory. It is divided into three parts which address: critical
social theory beyond critical theory; critical social theory and
contemporary social structures; and critical and contemporary
social H locies.
Current Perspectives in Social Theory (CPST) presents essays on
major issues in contemporary theoretical sociology, providing both
critical overviews of major debates and original contributions by
specialists working in social theory, sociological theory, and
critical theory.
This is the 16th volume in the series discussing a variety of
topics in the field of current perspectives in social theory.
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