Screen LibraryAn anatomy of power：the social theory of Michael Mann
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 409 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0521850002 (hbk.) 0521615186 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | C91 |
| CLC: | C91-05 |
| Call Number: | C91-05/A535 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-399) and index. Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions / Randall Collins -- Political questions / John A. Hall -- Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas / Edgar Kiser -- Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann's historical sociology / Joseph Bryant -- Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications, and elaborations / Philip S. Gorski -- Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann's military attack / Gianfranco Poggi -- Mann, the state, and war / John M. Hobson -- Infrastructural power, economic transformation, and globalization / Linda Weiss -- From theory to history: "The European dynamic" or feudalism to capitalism? / Robert Brenner -- The rise of the West / Stephan R. Epstein -- A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power / Jack A. Goldstone -- The "British" sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography / Frank Trentmann -- Networks and ideologies: the fusion of "is" and "ought" as a means to social power / Jack Snyder -- Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide / David Laitin -- The success of social power revisited: a response to criticism / Michael Mann. |