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French Social Theory

Mike Gane
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  • ISBN 9780761968306
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Feb 2003
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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No national tradition of social theory has been more seductive to Anglo-American readers than the French.There has been a long-standing fascination with French ideas and debates.

This extraordinarily accomplished book, written by one of Britain′s leading commentators on social theory, provides a peerless account of the French tradition.The book: provides a systematic account of French social theory from the aftermath of the French Revolution (St Simon, Bazard and Comte) to the contemporary scene dominated by Kristeva, Deleuze, Bourdieu and Baudrillard; divides French social theory into three logically coherent cycles: 1800-80 (positivist); 1880-1940 (anthropological); 1940-2000 (Marxist); provides a detailed guide to the three phases of postwar French social theory - existential, structural and post-structural; and situates the discussions of individuals and schools in the relevant social and political contexts.

The book is a masterpiece of erudition and scholarship but is written throughout in an engaging and informative style. It will be required reading for anyone interested in social theory and sociology.
About Mike Gane
Mike Gane is Professor of Sociology at University of Loughborough

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