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"The authors recontextualize contemporary sociological theory to argue that in recent decades sociology has been deeply permeated by a new paradigm, conflict constructionism. Their analysis integrates and sheds new light on eight prominent domains of recent social thought: the micro-level; disc...
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Paradigm Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Boulder, CO : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The authors recontextualize contemporary sociological theory to argue that in recent decades sociology has been deeply permeated by a new paradigm, conflict constructionism. Their analysis integrates and sheds new light on eight prominent domains of recent social thought: the micro-level; discourses, framing, and renewed interest in signs and language; the construction of difference and dominance; regulation and punishment; cultural complexity and transculturation; the body; new approaches to the role of the state; and a consistent conflict perspective. The paradigm combines elements of both social construction theory and conflict theory. It has deep roots in critical theory and more recent links to postmodernism. It is associated with postmodern social thought, although it is less radical and more adaptable to empirical inquiry than postmodernism. The authors tie their new conceptualization of social theory to contemporary applications of social theory in everyday life"--Page [4] of cover. |
| Item Description: | Separate page counts for the glossary, references, suggested readings, index, and author/contributor information. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 236, G-19, R-21, S-7, I-14, A-3 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781612052595 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 1612052592 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9781612052601 (paperback) 1612052606 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HM585 |
| CLC: | C91 |
| Call Number: | C91/G234 |
| Contents: | Paradigms: Paradigms in sociology ; Conflict constructionism : elements of the paradigm ; History of a paradigm -- Paradigm change in selected subfields: Deep impact : the new paradigm becomes dominant: Constructing difference and dominance : race-ethnicity and gender ; Culture in an era of globalization / José Soltero ; Media in the information age : surface intensities and total symbolic environments ; Sociology of the self : from personality to persona ; Paradigms in play: Political sociology and the analysis of collective action : old and new in harmony ; Urban sociology and spatial analysis : paradigms in co-existence ; Disruptions in the field formerly known as sociology of deviance / Greg Scott and Julian Thompson ; Paradigm limited: Social class and socio-economic inequality ; Contemporary theories of family life / Tait Runnfeldt Medina and Julie E. Artis ; Paradigms reconstituted in a transdisciplinary field: The sociology of health, illness, and medical practice / Grace Budrys -- Conclusion -- Glossary and concepts. |