Making history: agency, structure, and change in social theory

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PrefaceIntroduction to the Second EditionIntroductionChapter 1 Subjects and Agents1.1. There concepts of agency1.2. The orthodox conception of agents1.3. Human nature: the need for a philosophical anthropology1.4. Human nature: morality, justice and virtue. 1.5. Practical reason and social structuresChapter 2 Structure and Action 2.1. The concept of social structure2.2. The basic concepts of historical materialism2.3. Orthodox historical materialism2.4. Rational-choice Marxism2.5. Structural capacities and human action2.6. What's left of historical materialism? Chapter 3 Reasons and Interests3.1. Expressivism and the hermeneutic tradition3.2. Interpretation and social theory3.3. Charity, truth and community3.4. The Utilitarian theory of action3.5. Interests and powersChapter 4 Ideology and Power4.1. Collective agents4.2. Falsehood and ideology, I4.3. Falsehood and ideology, II4.4. Nation, state and military power4.5. A note on base and superstructureChapter 5 Tradition and Revolution5.1. Revolution as redemption: Benjamin and Sartre5.2. Marxism and the proletariat5.3. The rationality of revolution5.4. Revolution and repetition5.5. The tradition of the oppressedConclusionIndex