Late Modernity in Crisis: Why We Need a Theory of Society

by Hartmut Rosa and Andreas Reckwitz

Book Overview

In times of entrenched social upheaval and multiple crises, we need the kind of social theory that is prepared to look at the big picture, analyze the broad developmental features of modern societies, their structural conditions and dynamics, and point to possible ways out of the crises we face. Over the last couple of decades, two German sociologists, Andreas Reckwitz and Hartmut Rosa, have sought to provide wide-ranging social theories of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509556303
• ISBN13: 9781509556304
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"