Social Theory in a Changing World: Conceptions of ModernityISBN: 978-0-7456-1918-7
Paperback
224 pages
August 1999, Polity
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'Gerald Delanty offers a panoramic view and clear analysis of
late twentieth-century social theory. Interwoven into the text is a
golden thread of innovative and challenging pointers towards the
future development of the social theory of modernity. This book
will be recognised not only as one of the most comprehensive
introductions to the subject matter available today, but also as
one of the most accessible.' Piet Strydom, National University
of Ireland, Cork
'In a lucid, wide ranging and rigorous analysis, Gerard Delanty
argues that to understand the contemporary world we must recognise
the limited relevance of the discourse of modernity and develop the
radical discourses of creativity, reflexity and discursivity. This
book offers new terms of debate and a powerful and provocative
agenda for contemporary and modern thought.' Barry Smart,
University of Portsmouth
'In making his case Delanty offers what is in effect a concise
but masterful bibliographic essay on the literature of modernity
from Tynnies to Touraine.' M. A. Olshan, Alfred
University
'[An] excellent guide to the state of the art in contemporary social theory ... provide[s] excellent critical accounts of the evolution and contemporary relevance of modern social theory ... leaves us with a superb structured vision of the way forward.' Sociological Research Online