Modern Social Theory: Key Debates And New Directions

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This book is intended for undergraduate courses in social theory for second and third year sociology students, as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Secondary markets include social psychology, social geography, social anthopology, cultural studies.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781857283853
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 5/1/1997
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Outline of the theory of social domains 1
Power and emotion 13
Some basic propositions 19
Coda 28
2 The contours of everyday life 29
Language, communication and self-identity 29
Awareness, self-deception and emotion 33
Decentring the subject: the role of discourse 42
Psychobiography: subjective careers 47
Face-to-face conduct: the actor's perspective 52
Scheff on emotion and social interaction 56
Encounters and trust 62
Trust, self and ontological security 67
Conclusion: the person and social encounters 73
3 The social fabric examined 76
Preview of concepts and issues 76
Some key terms and concepts 82
The nature and modes of situated activity 88
Habermas's lifeworld - system distinction 99
Social domains and lifeworld - system interlocks 105
Settings and the duality of social relations 110
Social systems, fields of activity and contextual resources 114
Culture, ideology and discourse 118
Resources, social activity and discourse 122
The nature and analysis of discourse 126
Situated activity and social systems 133
The social fabric: some preliminary conclusions 145
4 Power and control in modernity 147
Foucault and the nature of modern power 148
Implications of Foucault's view of power 151
Giddens on power 164
The dialectic of control 166
Habermas and systemic power 172
Power as multi-form and interlocking 174
Conclusion: power and everyday encounters 189
5 Creativity and constraint in social life 190
The nature of social constraints 191
Discourse and social reproduction 203
Goffman and the interaction order 210
Goffman and the "loose-coupling" of social orders 216
The multi-form nature of social processes 220
The creation and replication of society and social life 227
Conclusion: creativity and constraint in social life 239
6 Conclusion 241
Encounters, subjectivity and integration 241
Contours of the theory of social domains 246
Bibliography 255
Index 261
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