Handbook of Contemporary European Social Theory (Paperback)

Introduction: Social Theory in Europe Today Gerard Delanty Part 1: Disciplinary Traditions 1. Founders, Classics, and Canons in the Formation of Social Theory Tom Kemple 2. Social Theory and the Social Sciences Patrick Baert 3. Social Theory and Political Philosophy Peter Wagner 4. Theology and Social Theory Austin Harrington Part 2: National Traditions 5. Contemporary German Social Theory Hauke Brunkhorst 6. The Age of Epigones: Post-Bourdieusian Social Theory in France Frederic Vandenberghe 7. The Peculiarities of the British: Social Theory in the United Kingdom David Inglis 8. Everything Changes and Nothing Changes: Change, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Italian Social Theory Monica Sassatelli 9. Contemporary Spanish Social Theory Manuel Perez Yruela and Salvador Giner 10. Nordic Social Theory: Between Social Philosophy and Grounded Theory Lars Mjoset 11. Contemporary East Central European Social Theory Arpad Szakolczai and Harald Wydra 12. Contemporary Russian Social Theory Alexander Dmitriev Part 3: Intellectual Traditions 13. Critical Theory Stefan Muller-Doohm 14. After Dialectics: Post-Mpdernity, Post-Marxism,a nd Other Posts and PositionsGoran Therborn 15. Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Philosophical Anthropology Hans-Herbert Kogler 16. Contemporary European Cognitive Social Theory Piet Strydom 17. Civilizational Analysis, Social Theory and Comparative History Johann Arnason 18. Cosmopolitanism: A Social Science Research Agenda Robert Fine Part 4: Themes and Narratives 19. European Master Narratives about Freedom Agnes Heller 20. Modernity and the Escape from Eurocentricism Gerard Delanty 21. European Transformations William Outhwaite 22. The Politics of Commemoration: The Holocaust, Memory and Trauma Natan Sznaider and Daniel Levy 23. Cultural Identities Heidrun Friese 24. Nations, Belonging and Community Ulf Hedetof 25. Theorizing the City in Europe Engin Isin 26. Making Sense of The Public Sphere Klaus Eder 27. Nature, Embodiment and Social Theory Phil Macnaghten Part 5: Global Perspectives 28. Euros to America: The Disciplining, Deconstruction and Diaspora of American Social Theory Ben Agger 29. Encounters between European and Asian Social Theory Fred Dallmayr 30. Latin American Challenges Mauricio Jose Domingues Epilogue: European Social Theory in a PostEuropean World Bryan S. Turner