Peter Burke (Cambridge Emmanuel College)

History and Social Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new, fully updated edition of a now classic text. The text has been completely revised to take into account developments of the past 14 years, since History and Social Theory was first published. Topics which have been added and that are now treated in depth include globalization, postcolonialism and social capital.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780745634074
• ISBN-10: 0745634079
• Artikelnr.: 26309943

Autorenporträt

Peter Burke is widely-recognized as a world leader in historiography and has been particularly influential in the convergence between history and the social sciences. He is the Professor of Cultural History Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 THEORISTS AND HISTORIANS
A Dialogue of the Deaf
The Differentiation of History and Theory
The Dismissal of the Past
The Rise of Social History
The Convergence of Theory and History
2 MODELS AND METHODS
Comparisons
Models
Quantitative Methods
The Social Microscope
3 CENTRAL CONCEPTS
Roles and Performances
Sex and Gender
Family and Kinship
Communities and Identities
Class and Status
Social Mobility and Social Distinction
Consumption and Exchange
Social and Cultural Capital
Patrons and Clients
Power and the Public Sphere
Centres and Peripheries
Hegemony and Resistance
Social Protest and Social Movements
Mentalities, Ideologies, Discourses
Communication and Reception
Postcolonialism and Cultural Hybridity
Orality and Textuality
Memory and Myth
4 CENTRAL PROBLEMS
Rationality versus Relativism
Concepts of Culture
Consensus versus Conflict
Facts versus Fictions
Structures versus Agents
Functionalism
The Example of Venice
Structuralism
The Return of the Actor
5 SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Spencer's Model
Marx's Model
A Third Way?
Essays in Synthesis
Patterns of Population
Patterns of Culture
Encounters
The Importance of Events
Generations
6 POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM
Destabilization
Cultural Constructions
Decentering
Beyond Eurocentrism?
Globalization
To Conclude
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

"This remains an excellent and (still) timely call forgreater cross-fertilization between two disciplines that approachthe same subject from different but complementary angles. Alongsidethe quality of the writing and the argument this book provides manyuseful references on the 'classical' works that have shaped bothdisciplines. For the relative newcomer as for the specialist thisis a reminder of how much we can glean not just from social theoryand history today, but also from the social theorists andhistorians who preceded us."
History

"A work of great clarity and wide scope, History andSocial Theory offers the reader quick access to the key issues inthe field with pithy and focused discussions of its problems,claims, contentions, and work yet to be done."
Herman Lebovics, SUNY Stony Brook

"This is a really excellent book and should be prescribedreading for any serious student of history or social theory at anyteaching level. It should also attract large numbers of admiringgeneral readers."
Robert W. Scibner, Clare College, Cambridge