Social Creativity, Collective Subjectivity and Contemporary Modernity

The axis of this book is the articulation between the concept of collective subjectivity with the themes of social evolution and social creativity on the one hand, plus contemporary modernity and social change on the other. Drawing on theoretical ideas on reflexivity, creativity and history, it proposes a discussion of fundamental aspects of contemporary society, dealing with global modernity, economic sociology and social policy, via concrete discussions about Brazil and Britain.

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JOSÉ MAURICIO DOMINGUES is Lecturer in the Sociology Department at the Institute of Philosophy and the Social Sciences, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Brazil. His previous publications include Sociological Theory and Collective Subjectivity and Sociologia e modernidade: Para entender a sociedade contempraorânea.

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Preface Acknowledgements Nature, Social Systems and Collective Causality Action and Movement, Memory and Social Creativity The Logic of Scientific Research Evolution and History Modernity, Tradition and Reflexivity in Contemporary Brazil The Forms of Co-ordination of the Economy Dialectics and Modernity, Autonomy and Solidarity By Way of Conclusion: Critical Theory at the Turn of the Century Index