Social Theory: A New Introduction

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
	What Is Social Theory?
	Organisation and Content of the Book
	Chapter Content
	Reference
Section I: Understanding the State
	2: The State
		Introduction
		Freedom and the State
		Elites and the State
		The Capitalist State
			The Miliband–Poulantzas Debate
		Statification
		The Welfare State as Crisis Management
		From the Dependent to the Postcolonial State
		Globalisation and the State
		The Rise of the Neoliberal State
		In Summary
		References
	3: Governance
		Introduction
		Bureaucracy and Its Discontents
		The Totally Administered Society
		The Colonisation of the Lifeworld
		New Public Management and the Governance Turn
		Governance and Street Level Bureaucracy
		The Social Pathologies of Juridification
		Governance, Risk and Blame
		In Summary
		References
	4: The Economy
		Introduction
		Capital and the Commodification of Labour
		The Great Transformation
		The Coming of Post-Industrial Society
		The Labour Process and the Degradation of Work
		Automation: The End of Work?
		The Classed Nature of Economic Life
		The Gendered Nature of Economic Life
		In Summary
		References
	5: Civil Society
		Introduction
		State, Economy and Civil Society
		Civil Society and Class Struggle
		Civil Society and Radical Democracy
		Assessing the Politics of Civil Society
		Uncivil Society
		Social Movements: Old and New
		Social Movements in Times of Austerity
		On Subaltern Counter Publics
		In Summary
		References
Section II: Understanding the Social
	6: Culture
		Introduction
		The Significance of Culture in Social Theory
		The Culture Industry
		Cultural Studies and the Cultural Turn
		Education, Culture and Social Class
		Culture and Orientalism
		Cultural Identity and Diaspora
		The Cultural Politics of the Subaltern
		In Summary
		References
	7: Language
		Introduction
		The Linguistic Turn in Social Theory
		From Structuralism to Poststructuralism
		Language and the Dialogic Imagination
		Discourse and Discursive Practices
		Language and Communication
		The Symbolic Power of Language
		The Hidden Curriculum of Language
		In Summary
		References
	8: Knowledge
		Introduction
		Knowledge and Objectivity
		Adorno Versus Popper: The Positivism Debate
		The Social Construction of Knowledge
		Power and the Archaeology of Knowledge
		Indigenous Knowledge and Postcolonial Theory
		The Politics of Academic Knowledge
			The Politics of Academic Knowledge: Curriculum
			The Politics of Academic Knowledge: Gatekeeping
			The Politics of Academic Knowledge: The Public Intellectual
		In Summary
		References
Section III: Understanding the Self and Selfhood
	9: The Self
		Introduction
		Anomie, Alienation and the Self
		Self and the Spirit of Capitalism
		Modernity, Postmodernity and Self-Identity
		The Self as Relational
		Self as Performance
		Self as Subjectivation
		Self as Performativity
		In Summary
		References
	10: Emotions
		Introduction
		Psychoanalysis and Social Theory
		Dissent and the Fromm-Marcuse Debate
		The Politics of Desire and the Capitalist Machine
		Emotions and the ‘Shared Third’
		Social Theory and Respect
		Social Theory and Shame
		Social Theory and Trust
		In Summary
		References
	11: The Body
		Introduction
		The Body as a Cultural Text
		Throwing Like a Girl: Gender and the Body
		Habitus and Bourdieu
		Elias and the Habitus
		Bodies and Bio-power
		The Body and Performativity
		Sexuality and Queer Theory
		In Summary
		References
	12: Social Justice
		Introduction
		Justice as Fairness
		Justice as Capability
		The Rawls-Habermas Debate
		Theories of Justice: A Critique
		Debate: Recognition or Redistribution?
		Bringing Solidarity Back In
		Solidarity as a Work in Progress
		The Politics of Care
		In Summary
		References
	13: Conclusion
		Introduction
		Further Reflections
		Social Theory and Hybridisation
		Hybridisation and the Art of Social Theory
		References
Glossary
References
Index