Social Theory and Modern Sociology
β Anthony Giddens
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1991
π Polity
π English
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Muslim History and Social Theory: A Global Sociology of Modernity
β Scribed by Dietrich Jung (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 140
- Series
- The Modern Muslim World
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book combines contemporary discussions on modernity with the history of the Muslim world. From a heuristic perspective, it is sketching out a framework for a global sociology of modernity. This framework attempts to accommodate a core assumption of classical modernization theory β the global nature of modernity β with the pluralistic perspective of the rise of a multiplicity of historically concrete forms of modernities. It tries to reconcile a universalistic concept of modernity with the fact of modernityβs multiple historical realizations. At the same time, this discussion of contemporary social theory puts forward a critique of the still so conveniently applied equation of modernization with Westernization. In empirical terms, the book substantiates this critique in drawing its exemplary illustrations from the historical experience of Muslim peoples. Bringing Muslim history and discussions in social theory together, this book represents a synthesis of research efforts in sociology and Islamic studies.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Remaining Modern: An Introduction....Pages 1-12
Multiple, Entangled, and Successive Modernities: Putting Modernity in the Plural....Pages 13-32
Functional Differentiation, Theories of Emergence, and World Society: The Macro Level of Modernity....Pages 33-54
Contingency, Modern Subjectivity, and Cultural Types: The Micro Level of Modernity....Pages 55-77
Modernization, Organization, and Global Cultural Scripts: The Meso Level of Modernity....Pages 79-100
Conclusions: Global Sociology of Modernity and World History....Pages 101-109
Back Matter....Pages 111-133
β¦ Subjects
Middle Eastern Politics;Islam;Modern History;History of Religion;World History, Global and Transnational History;Global/International Culture
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