1st Term 2013

Lecturer: Dr K. Helliker

Course: Contemporary Social Theory

Welcome to the Contemporary Social Theory course. There has been a ‘cracking-up’ of theory since the 1960s (Alex Callinicos, Social Theory: A Historical Introduction, 1999). In this respect, the main traditions began to break apart because of the increasing range, diversity and complexity of sociological thinking. In this regard, Anthony Elliott and Larry Ray (Key Contemporary Social Theorists, 2003) talk about the ‘widespread sense of disillusionment with classical forms of social thought’ (namely, Marxism, Durkheimian and Weberianism) and about ‘a significant proliferation in new conceptual approaches’.

CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY 2013

2nd Term 2013

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