The Rise of Social Theory

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The Rise of Social Theory

Johan Heilbron

Description

This book is a detailed and wide-ranging account of the birth of social theory as a distinctive and modern intellectual genre, providing a brilliant account of the "pre-history" of sociology and a vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the Enlightenment and the age of Romanticism.

About the Author

Johan Heilbron is a research fellow at the Amsterdam School for Social Research.

Features

* An important account of the origins of social theory and sociology.
* A vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the enlightenment and the age of romanticism.
* Methodologically innovative: it uses Bourdieu's approach to analyze the rise of social theory.

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