Bøker av Raymond (University of Paris-Sorbonne Boudon

This work, by one of Europea s foremost social theorists, presents a critical history of the concept of ideology. The authora s discussion ranges from the early conceptions of ideology to its current usage in the works of Barthes, Foucault, Habermas and others.

aeo This book is a major new contribution to the analysis of rationality and belief. aeo Boudon is one of the leading sociologists in Europe today, his work is well known in the English--speaking world. aeo It will be welcomed by students and scholars in the social sciences.

Now available in paperback, Theories of Social Change presents a classic statement of Boudona s stance in social theory and empirical sociology. Boudon criticizes the theories of social change that dominated sociology between the early 1950s and the late 1970s, and elaborates his own distinctive account.