1st Edition

Utopia without Ideology

By Ambrogio Santambrogio Copyright 2023
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores and proposes original definitions of central terms in political sociology and social theory, including political culture, imaginary, ideology, and utopia, in a manner that renders the individual definitions consistent with one another as part of a single and general conceptual framework for understanding social action. Through a Weberian distinction between means, ends, and... Read more

Introduction

1. A Finalistic Theory of Social Action

2. Political Culture

3. Social Imaginaries

4. Ideology

5. Utopia

Conclusions

Biography

Ambrogio Santambrogio is Full Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the University of Perugia, Italy.