Human agents and social structures / edited by Peter J. Martin and Alex Dennis.

Other author Martin, Peter J., 1947-
Other author Dennis, Alex.
Format Book
Publication InfoManchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 183 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Social structure.
Agent (Philosophy)

Contents General issues. Introduction : the opposition of structure and agency / Peter J. Martin and Alex Dennis ; The structure problem in the context of structure and agency controversies / Wes Sharrock and Graham Button ; On the retreat from collective concepts in sociology / Peter J. Martin ; Structure and agency as the products of dynamic social processes : Marx and modern social theory / Alex Dennis -- Recent social theorists. The two Habermases / Anthony King ; Pierre Bourdieu : from the model of reality to the reality of the model / Richard Jenkins ; The production and reproduction of social order : is structuration a solution? / Wes Sharrock ; On the reception of Foucault / Allison Cavanagh and Alex Dennis -- After the debate. Beyond social structure / Richard Jenkins ; Two kinds of social theory : the myth and reality of social existence / Anthony King.
Summary The structure/agency debate has been among the central issues in discussions of social theory. This book is not intended as an even-handed review of the debate, but as a deliberately polemical intervention which aims to highlight some of the ways in which its central terms have been misconceived.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [166]-179) and index.
ISBN9780719078613 (hbk.)
ISBN071907861X (hbk.)
ISBN9780719081729 (pbk.)
ISBN0719081726 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM706 .H86 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold