Metasociology: An Inquiry into the Origins and Validity of Social Thought - Hardcover

Osterberg, Dag; Sterberg, Dag

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8200027236 ISBN 13: 9788200027232

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1989

Synopsis

This book brings to light the diverse modes of social thought, their relation to each other, and to the historical emergence of the modern State, the Market, and the Individual. Österberg investigates the connection between statistics and sociology, the development of sociology as a de-Christianized rendering of conservative thought, and the materialist conception of history as seen in the writings of Marx, Engels, Adorno, and Bourdieu. He also discusses recent avant garde reactions to the materialists.

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Synopsis

"Metasociology" is a study of the diverse modes of social thought, which explores the historical emergence of the modern state, the market and the individual. Drawing on the works of many prominent philosophers, the author investigates the relationship between social statistics and sociology, the development of sociology as a de-Christianized rendering of conservative thought and the materialistic conception of history according to Marx, Engels, Adorno and Bourdieu. The text then describes and discusses some recent avant garde attempts to get away from these conceptual conflicts, as explored by Sartre, Foucault, Deleuze, Luhmann and Touraine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8200027236
• ISBN 13: 9788200027232
• Binding: Hardcover