Social Theory and Modernity

<b>Social Theory and Modernity </b>combines the analytical techniques of political theory and comparative politics as a method for conducting innovative inquiry and research in political science. The focus of political theory for example results in new issues for historical and cross-national comparative analysis - whereas comparative analysis provides new parameters for analyzing the ideology of social institutions. Luke elaborates upon Rousseau's discursive style and critical methods Marx's historical materialism Marcuse's instrumental rationality Weber's interpretive method Gramsci's theoretical tactics Cabral's theory of critique and revolution and Foucault's system of political and social analysis. The book concludes by offering