The studies which comprise this book are essentially organized around a critical encounter with European social theory in its 'classical period' – i.e. from t
A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interaction that does justice both to the self-monitoring capacities o
Theorizing in sociology has increasingly become a self-generating and self-fulfilling activity, as sociologists absorb theory as an isolated and formalist part
The concept of industrial society plays a dominant role in the social sciences. The ‘Great Divide’ between pre-industrial and industrial societies is common
In his previous book, Contemporary Hermeneutics, Josef Bleicher offered an introduction to the subject, locating it mainly within the philosophy of social scien