R. Schroeder 
An Age of Limits [PDF ebook] 
Social Theory for the 21st Century

An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions.

Inhoudsopgave

1. From the Birth of the Modern World to the Age of Limits 2. Convergence and Divergence 3. The Paths towards Pluralist Democracy: Liberal versus Radical Interpretations 4. Free and Unfree Markets 5. The Paradoxes of Science, Technology and Social Change 6. The Limits to Transforming the Environment 7. Three Cultures 8. Modernization and the Politics of Development 9. Social Theory in the Face of the Future

Over de auteur

Ralph Schroeder is Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. He is author of
Max Weber and the Sociology of Culture,
Possible Worlds: The Social Dynamic of Virtual Reality Technologies,
Avatars at Work and Play: Activities in Shared Virtual Environments (edited with Ann-Sofie Axelsson),
Rethinking Science, Technology and Social Change,
Being There Together: Social Interaction in Virtual Environments and, with Eric Meyer, Networks
of Knowledge: Digital Transformations of Research.