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The future of society / William Outhwaite.

By: Outhwaite, WilliamContributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell manifestosPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006Description: 1 online resource (ix, 174 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470773505; 0470773502; 9781405153102; 1405153105; 1280285745; 9781280285745Subject(s): Postmodernism -- Social aspects | Civilization, Modern -- 21st century -- Philosophy | Civil society -- Philosophy | Europe -- Civilization -- 21st century | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General | Civil society -- Philosophy | Civilization | Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy | Postmodernism -- Social aspects | Europe | 2000-2099Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Future of society.DDC classification: 301/.094 LOC classification: HM451 | .O87 2006ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
The origins of "society" -- Society and the individual : neoliberalism, social constructionism and communitarianism -- Postmodernism -- Globalization -- Modernity and society -- Towards a synthesis? : theory and metatheory -- Society lite? : theories of civil society -- Is there a European society?
Summary: Is the notion of society obsolete? Aiming to answer this question, this book considers various critiques of the concept, including the arguments of: Neo-liberals, Postmodernists, Globalization theorists, and Evolutionary psychologists. It argues that we do still need the concept in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives.
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