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Arguments and Actions in Social Theory
P. W. Preston
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Description for Arguments and Actions in Social Theory
Hardcover. This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 383.
This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world.
This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
189
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230576001
SKU
V9780230576001
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99-15
About P. W. Preston
PETER PRESTON is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Reviews for Arguments and Actions in Social Theory
'This splendid book provides a clear, readable and remarkably comprehensive overview of social theory" - Contemporary Sociology