Social theory : the multicultural, global, and classic readings /
edited with commentaries by Charles Lemert, Yale University.
- Fifth edition, Twentieth Anniversary ediiton.
- xviii, 520 pages ; 23 cm.
Incluye bibliografía.
The two sides of society -- Split lives in the modern world -- Action, knowledge, self -- Unavoidable dilemmas -- The golden age -- Doubts and reservations -- Others object -- Experiments at renewal and reconstruction -- Breaking with modernity -- The idea of the postmodern -- Reactions and alternatives -- After modernity -- Social theories of global uncertainties -- Melting hard realities/rethinking ancient ideas.