Abstract: Sociological theory has gone astray. It has lost most of its social and intellectual importance; it is increasingly disengaged from the conflicts and public debates that have nourished it in the past; it has turned inward and is largely self-referential. Sociological theory is today produced and consumed almost exclusively by sociological theorists (cf. Geertz 1983; Sica 1989; Skocpol 1986; Turner and Wardell 1986). Its social and intellectual insularity accounts for the almost permanent sense of crisis and malaise that surrounds contemporary sociological theory. This distressing condition originates, in part, from its central project: the quest for foundations and for a totalizing concept of society.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-10-09
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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