Discourse and knowledge : the making of enlightenment sociology
This text offers an original interpretation of the rise of sociology from a contemporary point of view. The book goes back behind the French Revolution and the industrial revolution in order to start from the more pervasive communication revolution
History
344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780853238058, 9780853238157, 0853238057, 0853238154
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AcknowledgementsPreface1. Introduction: Discourse and SociologyPart I: Theory of Discourse and Discourse AnalysisIntroduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse2. Theory of Discourse3. Sociological Theory of Discourse4. Discourse of Modernity5. Sociological Discourse AnalysisPart II: Discourse of Modernity and the Construction of SociologyIntroduction: Crisis Discourse and Sociology6. The Early Modern Problem of Violence7. The Rights Discourse8. Contributions to Enlightenment Sociology9. Discursive Construction of Enlightenment Sociology10. Crisis and Critique: The Relation between Social andPolitical TheoryNotesBibliographyIndex of NamesSubject Index