Society And Its Metaphors: Language, Social Theory And Social Structure

This book analyses one of the core concerns of both classical and contemporary social theory: the concept of social structure. It does so through a highly original analysis of the language of social theory.

Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, 'Society And Its Metaphors' maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.