1st Edition

Critical Visions New Directions in Social Theory

242 Pages

by Routledge

242 Pages

by Routledge

242 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 2003, Critical Visions develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary social theory. Drawing social theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis together in a bold configuration, the book challenges the widespread view that social theory seems to have lost its way as a result of the diversification of conceptual approaches. The book includes... Read more

The Direction of Social Theory is Always New: Series Editor’s Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: Interdisciplinary Studies and the Fortunes of Sociology

Part I: Interventions in Contemporary Social Theory

1. Risk and Reflexivity: Ulrich Beck

2. Social Theory and Politics in the Writings of Anthony Giddens

3. Jacques Lacan as a Social Theorist

4. Subjectivity, Culture, Autonomy: Cornelius Castoriadis

5. Habermas, Kristeva, and Global Transformations in the Public Sphere

Part II: Central Issues in Contemporary Social Theory

6. Sexualities: Social Theory and the Crisis of Identity

7. The Reinvention of Citizenship