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Tables of Contents for Social Theory in a Changing World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
1
178
The Central Conflict of Modernity
5
4
Knowledge and Culture
9
4
Towards a Cognitive Approach
13
4
Defining Modernity: The Quest for Autonomy
17
25
Introduction
17
2
Modernity's Three Logics of Development
19
8
Integration and Differentiation
27
11
Conclusion: The Time-Consciousness of Modernity
38
4
The Limits of Modernity: From Autonomy to Fragmentation
42
31
Introduction
42
3
Rethinking Modernity
45
5
Autonomy versus Fragmentation: The Loss of Unity
50
11
Beyond the Classical Tradition: Contemporary Theories of the Social
61
9
Conclusion: Towards a New Time-Consciousness
70
3
Discourse and Democracy: Habermas's Theory of Modernity
73
27
Introduction
73
1
The Problem of Democracy
74
5
The Formation of Habermas's Social Theory
79
8
Rescuing Discourse: The Mediation of Democracy and Law
87
6
Discursive Democracy in the Global Public Sphere
93
2
The Question of Culture and Identity
95
3
Conclusion: Culture and Discourse
98
2
Creativity and the Rise of Social Postmodernism: Foucault, Lyotard and Bauman
100
22
Introduction
100
2
From Deconstructionism to Constructivism
102
13
Bauman: Ethics and Postmodernity
115
5
Conclusion: Beyond Postmodernism
120
2
The Return of Agency: Touraine and Melucci
122
26
Introduction
122
1
Touraine: From Historicity to the End of the Social
123
17
Melucci: Culture, Identity and Change
140
6
Conclusion: Reflexivity and Democracy
146
2
Reflexive Modernization: Beck and Giddens
148
31
Introduction
148
1
Beck and the Risk Society
149
11
Giddens: Modernity, Reflexivity and Trust
160
10
Assessing Reflexive Modernization: The Question of Culture
170
7
Conclusion: Reflexivity and Discourse
177
2
Conclusion: Knowledge, Democracy and Discursive Institutionalization
179
9
Notes
188
6
Bibliography
194
15
Index
209