An Anatomy of Power: The Social Theory of Michael Mann

ISBN: 9780521615181 出版年：2006 页码：421 John A Hall Ralph Schroeder Cambridge University Press

Introduction: the IEMP model and its critics Ralph Schroeder Part I. Theory, Practice, Method: 2. Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions Randall Collins 3. Political questions John A. Hall 4. Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas Edgar Kiser 5. Grand yet grounded: ontology, theory and method in Mann's historical sociology Joseph Bryant Part II. Types of Power: 6. Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications and elaborations Philip Gorski 7. Political power un-manned: a defence of the holy trinity from Mann's military attack Gianfranco Poggi 8. Mann, the state and war John Hobson 9. Infrastructural power, economic transformation and globalization Linda Weiss Part III. European Exceptionalism?: 10. From theory to history: 'the European dynamic' or 'from Feudalism to capitalism'? Robert Brenner 11. The rise of the west Stephen Epstein 12. A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power Jack Goldstone Part IV. Promise and Perils of Modernity: 13. The 'British' sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography Frank Trentmann 14. Networks and ideologies: the fusion of 'is' and 'ought' as a means to social power Jack Snyder 15. Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide David Laitin Part V. Response: 16. The sources of power revisited: a response to criticism Michael Mann.