{"product_id":"from-society-to-system-the-social-theory-of-michel-freitag-paperback","title":"From Society to System: The Social Theory of Michel Freitag - 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\u003eMichel Freitag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Hinton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eClaude Leduc\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Society to System\u003c\/em\u003e presents sociologist Michel Freitag's (1935-2009) distinctive, multifaceted and interdisciplinary work. Elaborated within the grand sociological tradition, his dialectical sociology redefines sociality as the realm of the symbolic to pinpoint its ontological frailty. Such a perspective expands the borders within sociology to rejoin classical philosophical preoccupations, revisiting social ontology as a radical critique of contemporary society where not only life and planet earth is at stake as a result of capitalism but reflexivity as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays touches on topics that have been of central concern for social theory since the end of the 20th century: the discussion about holism versus individualism and the dissolution of transcendental identity; the current state of the social sciences, both epistemologically and practically; the end-of-20th century debate over the nature of society along with its future in the context of globalisation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays show how Freitag's sociology is part of a larger unified framework that integrates ontology, epistemology, anthropology and philosophy into a coherent vision of the world - testifying to the distinctiveness of Freitag's social theory, standing next to other great social theorists such as Margaret Archer, Jürgen Habermas, Murray Bookchin and Ulrich Beck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichel Freitag\u003c\/strong\u003e (1935-2009) was born in Switzerland and taught sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is the author of an original theoretical sum (\u003cem\u003eDialectique et société, \u003c\/em\u003ethree volumes) and of several books, among which are: \u003ci\u003eLe naufrage de l'université\u003c\/i\u003e (Governor General Award-Canada in 1996); \u003ci\u003eL'oubli de la société; L'impasse de la globalisation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL'abîme de la liberté.\u003c\/i\u003e His posthumous work is now being published under the overall title of \u003ci\u003eLes formes de la société. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work and teaching led to the creation of an original school of thought, now referred to as \u003ci\u003eL'École de Montréal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52765488644403,"sku":"9781032341293","price":96.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Ky9KWkROaUlxaTFQeVo0S1JRSDJDZz09.webp?v=1764622974","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/from-society-to-system-the-social-theory-of-michel-freitag-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}