Critical social theory: Culture, history and the challenge of difference

Critical social theory: Culture, history and the challenge of difference

by Craig Calhoun. (1995) Published by Blackwell.

  • Introduction [1.5Mb]
  • Chapter 1 | Rethinking critical theory [3.6Mb]
  • Chapter 2 | Interpretation, comparison, and critique [2.2Mb]
  • Chapter 3 | Cultural difference and historical specificity [2.3Mb]
  • Chapter 4 | Postmodernism as pseudohistory: The trivialization of epochal change
    [3Mb]
  • Chapter 5 | Habitus, field, and capital: Historical specificity in the theory of practice
    [1.8Mb]
  • Chapter 6 | The standpoint of Critique? Feminist theory, social structure, and learning from experience [2.6Mb]
  • Chapter 7 | The politics of identity and recognition [3.3Mb]
  • Chapter 8 | Nationalism and difference: The politics of identity writ large [4.3Mb]
  • Conclusion [1.2Mb]
  • References and Index [1.9Mb]