New Horizons in Sociological Theory and Research : The Frontiers of Sociology at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

Contents: Sociology for the twenty-first century: necessary reconceptualizations, Luigi Tomasi. Theory and Research: New Horizons: Sociology between scientism and aestheticism, or can sociology be positivist today?, Raymond Boudon; Post-classical sociology or the twilight of sociology?, Michel Wieviorka; The challenge of multiple modernities, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt; Modern societies as knowledge societies, Nico Stehr and Volker Meja; Freedom versus control in post-modern society: a relational approach, Pierpaolo Donati. The New Realities of Today: Cosmopolitan Society, Globalization, Ethnicity, Nationality, Immigration: The cosmopolitan society and its enemies, Ulrich Beck; Sociology after the revolution in Eastern Europe: can it survive?, Zdzistaw Krasnodebski; Globalization and peripheral identity, Talis Tisenkopfs; Mind? and collective consciousness, Steven Grosby; Beyond national and post-national models: transnational spaces and immigrant integration, Thomas Faist. The New Frontiers of Sociology: Some challenges for sociology in the new era, Edward A. Tiryakian; Toward a science of global marginality, Anthony J. Blasi; New horizons in religious evolution, Yves Lambert; Sociology in the twenty-first century: a discipline at the crossroads between senility or regeneration, Dirk Kaesler; The idea of alternative discourses, Syed Farid Alatas; Index.