An Age of Limits: Social Theory for the 21st Century

by Ralph Schroeder

Book Overview

In this ambitious and bold book, Ralph Schroeder develops a new social theory centred on the notion of limits. The current era, from the 1970s onwards, has seen a departure from the three defining trends of the modern age: the struggle for social citizenship rights, the disembedding of markets, and the transformation of nature. Based on a comparative-historical analysis, the book argues that there are now similar constraints on social development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230360610
• ISBN13: 9780230360617
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"