By closely analyzing the contributions of such theorists as More, Hobbes, Vico, Montesquieu, Ferguson and Millar to the emergence of sociology in its original form, Piet Strydom follows the discursive construction of sociology in the context of the society-wide early modern practical discourse about violence and rights. Parallels with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discourse on poverty and justice and the contemporary discourse of risk and responsibility allow the author to reflect not only on the generation of knowledge through discourse but also on the role that sociology itself plays in this process.
Author(s): Piet Strydom
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 352
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Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
Part I: Theory of Discourse and Discourse Analysis......Page 36
Introduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse......Page 38
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Discourse and Sociology......Page 10
CHAPTER 2: Theory of Discourse......Page 43
CHAPTER 3: Sociological Theory of Discourse......Page 62
CHAPTER 4: Discourse of Modernity......Page 77
CHAPTER 5: Sociological Discourse Analysis......Page 86
PART II: Discourse of Modernity and the Construction of Sociology......Page 100
Introduction: Crisis Discourseand Sociology......Page 102
CHAPTER 6: The Early Modern Problem of Violence......Page 105
CHAPTER 7: The Rights Discourse......Page 130
CHAPTER 8: Contributions to Enlightenment Sociology......Page 191
CHAPTER 9: Discursive Construction of Enlightenment Sociology......Page 242
CHAPTER 10: Crisis and Critique: The Relation between Social and Political Theory......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 312
Index of Names......Page 339
Subject Index......Page 344
