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Sociological reasoning: towards a past-modern sociology

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 January 1997
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Abstract

Introduction - Contemporary Developments in Social Theory: The Right Time for a Past-modern Sociology - A Rich and Complex Ontology - Analysis and Textuality: Players, Dreamers and Despots in Sociological Research - The Pivotal Role of the Methodological Focus: A Positive Critique of Anthony Giddens - Contextualising, Floating and Dreaming: Variations from the Sociologies of Politics, Culture and Ethics - A Positive Scepticism Towards Claims about Empirical Evidence - Past-modern Sociology and Textual Critique - Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism I: Comparative Citizenship and State Autonomy - Exemplary Critiques of Sociological Modernism II: The Flying Sorcery of Sylvia Walby's Patriarchal Systems - Conclusion

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Social Sciences