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British Social Theory
Recovering Lost Traditions before 1950

  • John Scott - Visiting Professor, University of Essex, UK, University of Exeter, UK, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark


June 2018 | 184 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
A unique contribution to discussions of social theory, this book counters the argument that no social theory was ever produced in Britain before the late twentieth century. Reviewing a period of 300 years from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century, it sets out a number of innovative strands in theory that culminated in powerful contributions in the classical period of sociology. The book discusses how these traditions of theory were lost and forgotten and sets out why they are important today.  
 
Chapter 1 Was There a Failure of British Social Theory?
 
Foundations of Social Thought
 
Chapter 2 Social Thought in Mainstream Philosophy: Towards a Science of Social Structure
 
Chapter 3 Difference, Diversity, and Development in the Social Organism
 
Chapter 4 The Romantic Critique and Social Idealism
 
Chapter 5 The Socialist Critique and Cultural Materialism
 
Classical Social Theories
 
Chapter 6 Patrick Geddes: Towards a Professional Sociology
 
Chapter 7 Robert MacIver: Building an Intellectual Base
 
Chapter 8 Leonard Hobhouse: Building Disciplinary Sociology
 
Development and Decay
 
Chapter 9 Social Theory After the Classics
 
Chapter 10 Rediscovering Theory and Theorists
 
Appendix: Principal Social Theorists
 
Bibliography

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Was There a Failure of British Social Theory?


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