Discourse and Knowledge : The Making of Enlightenment Sociology.
Title:
Discourse and Knowledge : The Making of Enlightenment Sociology.
Author:
Strydom, Piet.
ISBN:
9781781386422
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Series:
Studies in Social and Political Thought, 1
Contents:
Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1: Introduction: Discourse and Sociology -- Part I: Theory of Discourse and Discourse Analysis -- Introduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse -- 2: Theory of Discourse -- 3: Sociological Theory of Discourse -- 4: Discourse of Modernity -- 5: Sociological Discourse Analysis -- Part II: Discourse of Modernity and the Construction of Sociology -- Introduction: Crisis Discourse and Sociology -- 6: The Early Modern Problem of Violence -- 7: The Rights Discourse -- 8: Contributions to Enlightenment Sociology -- 9: Discursive Construction of Enlightenment Sociology -- 10: Crisis and Critique: The Relation between Social and Political Theory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
By closely analysing the contributions of such theorists as More, Hobbes, Vico, Montesquieu, Ferguson and Millar to the emergence of sociology in its original form, Piet Strydom follows the discursive construction of sociology in the context of the society-wide early modern practical discourse about violence and rights.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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