Social Theory in a Changing World: Conceptions of Modernity

Social Theory in a Changing World explores the work of a range of contemporary social theorists and assesses their contributions to the understanding of modernity. Habermas' work offers a valuable perspective on social change, but this work argues that his theory lacks a satisfactory account of the creativity, of action. It traces a shift from the post-structuralist theories of Foucault and Lyotard to the concern with social action, which is present in different ways in the work of Bauman, ...