Society in Action is the first theoretical statement which seeks to draw general lessons for social theory from the dramatic events which transformed European history in the later 1980s. Sztompka presents a comprehensive and original theory of social change focusing on the self-transforming potential of societies evoked by the universal desires for freedom, autonomy and self-fulfilment. Building upon these theoretical traditions of writers such as Marx and Gramsci, the author attempts to go beyond them, synthesising their basic ideas in a more powerful general scheme.
- ISBN10 0745606385
- ISBN13 9780745606385
- Publish Date 20 June 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 218
- Language English