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Arguments and Actions in Social Theory

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Peter Preston

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Practical Nature of Social Theorizing

    • Peter Preston
    Pages 1-8

  3. Arguments from Natural Science

    • Peter Preston
    Pages 9-43

  4. Arguments from Language/Understanding

    • Peter Preston
    Pages 44-77

  5. Arguments from Political Community

    • Peter Preston
    Pages 78-116

  6. Language, Tradition and Practice

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    Pages 117-146

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 147-189
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This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world.

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'This splendid book provides a clear, readable and remarkably comprehensive overview of social theory" - Contemporary Sociology

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  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Peter Preston

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PETER PRESTON is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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