Social Theory

It became fashionable with postmodernism to see the Enlightenment as an age of illusions that put a series of pressures on people. Social theories have been criticized for being grand narratives. It has been said that the promise of universal knowledge and freedom of the 18th century philosophers was belied by the limitations and dilemmas within the Enlightenment project itself. There is an issue that is overlooked here: The Enlightenment itself was criticized by almost all of the leading social theorists, and its weaknesses were pointed out.

At work. The names that Alex Callinicos deals with from a historical perspective by reconstructing the context in which they created their theories are thinkers who carry the Enlightenment's claim of liberation without abandoning the critical approach.

Linking social theory with central themes in modern philosophy, the development of political economy, and the effectiveness of evolutionary biology, Callinicos examines many theorists who have left their mark on the last two centuries. Montesquieu, Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment, Hegel, Marx, Tocqueville, Mill, Maistre, Gobineau, Darwin, Spencer, Kautsky, Nietzsche, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Freud, Lukacs, Gramsci, Heidegger, Keynes, Hayek, Parsons, Frankfurt School , Levi-Strauss, Althusser, Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu, Beck and Giddens.

The features that distinguish Callinicos's book from such 'collector' books are its concentration on problems rather than periods, and its clear and concise narrative that appeals to readers at all levels. And the Marxist position.



Number of Pages: 477

Year of Printing: 2007


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 477

First Print Year: 2007

Language Turkish