{"product_id":"social-theory-its-situation-and-its-task-paperback","title":"Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Mangabeira Unger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Theory: Its Situation and Its Task\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction both to Unger's ideas and to the major debates of contemporary social, political and economic thought. Unger shows how the failures of social science and the criticism of such ambitious, deterministic theories as Marxism offer materials for an alternative practice of social understanding. This alternative severs, once and for all, the link between the explanation of social arrangements and the vindication of their necessity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnger argues that the disappointment of so many liberal and socialist hopes coexists with unforeseen opportunities to advance progressive commitments. To seize such opportunities, however, we must rethink many of our basic beliefs about society about what it is and what it can become. \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory: Its Situation and Its Task\u003c\/i\u003e shows that what at first seems a circumstance of intellectual and political paralysis turns out to be rich in unrecognized transformative possibility.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Mangabeira Unger\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the leading social and political thinkers in the world today. He is also active in Brazilian politics. Verso has published much of his work: \u003ci\u003eFalse Necessity: Antinecessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Should Legal Analysis Become?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Realized: The Progressive Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Left Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.72 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355753169145,"sku":"9781844675159","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7P6f3hQNIZ9781844675159.webp?v=1769854535","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/social-theory-its-situation-and-its-task-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}