The Future of Social Theory (review)

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-546
Author(s):  
Graeme Kirkpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
The Future ◽  
Theory Review

Book Reviews: The Future of Social Theory

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals The Future of Social Theory

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-338
Author(s):  
Gerard Delanty
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals The Conference Reimagined. Postcards, Letters, and Camping Together in Undressed Places

Digithum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soile Veijola ◽  
Emily Höckert ◽  
David Carlin ◽  
Ann Light ◽  
Janne Säynäjäkangas
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social World ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Moment

In this paper, five authors account for the rethinking of a conference as a series of postcards, letters, rules and silent moments so that traditional hierarchies of knowledge could be overturned or, at least, sidelined. We recount how the place we convened was enlisted as an actor and the dramas and devices we applied to encounter it. We use this accounting to problematize the conventional practices of goal-oriented meetings and co-authored papers as forms of academic meaning-making. In finding a meeting point where expertise was disorientated and status undressed, we were able to investigate the idea of co-being between human and nonhuman realities as the step social theory needs to take to become a point of connection with the social world, instead of an escape from it. We conclude that this involved silence and necessary fictions as a means to consider the future and past in the moment of meeting.

scholarly journals Ulrich Beck: E-Special Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 383-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabe Mythen
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Reflexive Modernization ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Future ◽  
German Sociologist ◽  
Selection Of

This e-special issue of Theory, Culture & Society showcases work published in the journal by and about the late German sociologist Ulrich Beck (1944–2015). Beck became known as a pioneering and inventive thinker, continuously engaged in a quest to capture the essence of the modern age, whilst simultaneously wrestling with the upcoming horizons of the future. During his career, he was responsible for developing some of the defining sociological concepts of the late 20th and early 21st century, including risk, reflexive modernization, individualization and cosmopolitanism. He published many articles in Theory, Culture & Society, inspiring acolytes to mobilize his ideas and provoking critics to dispute them. Complementing articles written by Beck, this collection also includes critical commentaries, applications of his work, a selection of interviews and several reflective pieces which consider his legacy. The key aspiration of this special issue is to encourage contemplation on both the richness and the range of Ulrich Beck’s academic contribution. The contents stimulate reflection on the intricacies of Beck’s method of inquiry and flag up ways in which his work can influence the future trajectory of social theory.

The Realism of Saint-Simon's Spiritual Program

1945 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
W. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Order ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Inductive Method ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Philosophical System ◽  
The Future

In constructing his social theory Saint-Simon made use of the inductive method: by the study of historical facts he endeavored to win knowledge of the laws of the character and movements of society. In shaping his spiritual program he followed a different path, the path of deduction: his goal was to find a great principle in accordance with which the institutions of the future social order could be consciously molded. “Socrates,” he said, putting his ideas into the mouth of the great Greek, “clearly understood that we must criticize a posteriori and organize a priori.” For “any social regime is an application of a philosophical system, and, consequently, it is impossible to institute a new regime without having before established the new philosophical system to which it should correspond.”

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