Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity

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Social theory in a changing world : conceptions of modernity

Title remainder

conceptions of modernity

Statement of responsibility

Gerard Delanty

Creator

• Delanty, Gerard

Subject

• Social sciences -- Philosophy
• Sociology -- Philosophy

Language

eng

Summary

Social Theory in a Changing World provides a critical assessment of contemporary social theory for students in the social sciences. The central theme of the book concerns the nature of modernity and the ways in which contemporary thinkers have understood it. Delanty argues that modernity involves a tension between autonomy and fragmentation. On the one hand, the cultural project of modernity refers to self-assertion and creativity. On the other, modernity as a social project tends to destroy its own cultural foundations, as institutional structures become increasingly diffuse and fragmented

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DLC

Nature of contents

bibliography