An anatomy of power : the social theory of Michael Mann /

An anatomy of power : the social theory of Michael Mann / edited by John A. Hall, Ralph Schroeder. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - ix, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-399) and index.

Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions / Randall Collins -- Political questions / John A. Hall -- Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas / Edgar Kiser -- Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann's historical sociology / Joseph Bryant -- Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications, and elaborations / Philip S. Gorski -- Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann's military attack / Gianfranco Poggi -- Mann, the state, and war / John M. Hobson -- Infrastructural power, economic transformation, and globalization / Linda Weiss -- From theory to history: "The European dynamic" or feudalism to capitalism? / Robert Brenner -- The rise of the West / Stephan R. Epstein -- A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power / Jack A. Goldstone -- The "British" sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography / Frank Trentmann -- Networks and ideologies: the fusion of "is" and "ought" as a means to social power / Jack Snyder -- Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide / David Laitin -- The success of social power revisited: a response to criticism / Michael Mann.

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Mann, Michael, 1942- --Criticism and interpretation.
Mann, Michael, 1942-


Sociology--Philosophy.
Power (Social sciences)
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Sociologie--Philosophie.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Sciences sociales--Philosophie.

HM585 / .A532 2006

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