Social Theory and Postcommunism
Social Theory and Postcommunism is a unique, well-written, and accessible text that analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism. By undertaking a thorough study of the implications of post-Communism for sociological theory, it reviews almost every key issue which currently occupies social theory: state/civil society, globalization, the future of "modernity," and postsocialism. Outhwaite and
1 online resource (266 pages)
9781405137843, 1405137843
475936873
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Introduction Being Taken by Surprise; 1 Theory after the Fall; 2 Class Marx and Weber; 3 Society Solidarity and Anomie Durkheim; 4 Three Types of Convergence; 5 Socialism Modernity and Beyond; 6 Globalization and Convergence; 7 Civil Society East and West; 8 Modernity Memory and Postcommunism; 9 Concluding Themes; Notes; Bibliography; Index