{"product_id":"social-theory-roberto-mangabeira-unger-9781844675159","title":"Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task","description":"\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Mangabeira Unger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844675157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844675159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.38w x 0.66d","brand":"Roberto Mangabeira Unger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087698510079,"sku":"9781844675159","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c7b609a-fbb7-4971-8044-99b3e5a60273.jpg?v=1753850540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-theory-roberto-mangabeira-unger-9781844675159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}