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Politics, Social Theory, Utopia and the World-System

Arguments in Political Sociology

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Chamsy el-Ojeili

    1. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 1-4

  3. On Sociology

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 5-24

  4. Traditions and Concepts

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 25-42

  5. Transformations

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 43-63

  6. Ideologies and Utopias

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 64-80

  7. Masses

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 81-99

  8. Identities

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 100-119

  9. Movements

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 120-137

  10. Violence

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 138-156

  11. Globalization

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 157-172

  12. Equality

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 173-191

  13. Concluding Reflections

    • Chamsy el-Ojeili
    Pages 192-194

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 195-237
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About this book

It is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and crisis are said to be deeply significant - perhaps threatening - for the human sciences. Responding to such claims, this book provides an accessible engagement with pressing contemporary topics, such as violence, social movements, equality, identity and democracy. Foregrounding the imagination of possibilities (utopia), the mapping of the present (theory), and the transformation of the world-system (historical and global questions), the book surveys central issues and paradigms in contemproary political sociology, urging a recommitment to certain concepts and traditions for guidance in thinking and acting in the world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    Chamsy el-Ojeili

About the author

CHAMSY EL-OJEILI Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Victorian University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of From Left Communism to Post-Modernism: Reconsidering Emancipatory Discourse, and with Patrick Hayden, co-author of Critical Theories of Globalization, and co-editor of Confronting Globalization and Utopia: Critical Essays.

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