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Habermas : a critical introduction
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ISBN: 0745602053 9780745602059 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge, UK Polity Press

Sociology as a skin trade : essays towards a reflexive sociology
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ISBN: 0435826611 9780435826611 Year: 1972 Publisher: London Heinemann

Language and reason: a study of Habermas's pragmatics
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ISBN: 0262032171 0262270765 0585332037 9780585332031 9780262032179 0262531453 9780262531450 Year: 1997 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] MIT Press

Social theory of modern societies : Anthony Giddens and his critics
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ISBN: 0521278554 052126197X 0511557698 9780521278553 Year: 1989 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book offers a comprehensive appraisal of the work of Anthony Giddens, who is known worldwide as one of the leading figures in social theory and the social sciences. During the last decade Giddens has published a series of substantial volumes which have defined a distinctive and original theoretical approach. The twin focal points of his approach are the 'theory of structuration' and the analysis of 'modernity'. Giddens's writings on these and related themes are widely recognized as among the most important contributions to theoretical debate in the social sciences. Social Theory of Modern Societies is the first volume to provide a systematic and critical assessment of Giddens's contributions. The volume includes eleven critical essays - all of which were specially commissioned for this volume - by authors who are well known in their own fields: Zygmunt Bauman, Richard J. Bernstein, Derek Gregory, Nicky Gregson, David Held, Bob Jessop, Linda Murgatroyd, Peter Saunders, Martin Shaw, John B. Thompson and Erik Olin Wright. In a long concluding chapter, Anthony Giddens responds to the criticisms raised by these and other authors, clarifying and elaborating his current views. The result is a unique and engaging book which gives both a critical evaluation of Giddens's work and a guide to some of the theoretical issues which are at the forefront of the social sciences today. It will be of interest to students and academics in sociology, politics and geography, and to students in the social sciences and humanities generally.

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