TL;DR: The suicide problem in French Sociology as discussed by the authors is a classic example of suicide in social science, and it has been studied extensively in the history of social science in the UK and beyond.

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Abstract: Preface. 1. In Defence of Sociology. 2. Living in a Post-Traditional Society. 3. What is Social Science? 4. Functionalism: Apres la Lutte. 5. 'Britishness' and the Social Sciences. 6. The Future of Anthropology. 7. Four Myths in the History of Social Thought. 8. Auguste Comte and Positivism. 9. The Suicide Problem in French Sociology. 10. Reason Without Revolution?: Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action. 11. Literature and Society: Raymond Williams. 12. T. H. Marshall, the State and Democracy. 13. Brave New World: The New Context of Politics. 14. The Labour Party and British Politics. Notes. Index.

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Más allá de la izquierda y la derecha: el futuro de las políticas radicales

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Anthony Giddens

01 Jan 1996

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Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order@@@Critique of Modernity

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Kenneth H. Tucker, Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Scott Lash, Alain Touraine, David Macey - Show less +2 more

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