Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Žižek.
Table of Content
1. Introduction: Dialectics and Social Thought 2. Marx and the Dialectic of Capital 3. Freud and the Dialectic of Psychology 4. Peirce, Mead, Goffman, and Interactional Social Science 5. Culture and Society 6. Critical Theories 7. Rebellion 8. The Phenomenologists 9. Contemporary Social Thought: Agamben to Zizek 10. Dialectics of Contemporary Society and the Present CrisisAbout the author
Geoffrey R. Skoll is emeritus faculty member in Criminal Justice at Buffalo State College, USA. Previous books include Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory (2009) and Social Theory of Fear (2010).
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781137387066 ● File size 0.9 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 3359973 ● Copy protection Social DRM