Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Nature, Social Systems and Collective Causality Action and Movement, Memory and Social Creativity The Logic of Scientific Research Evolution and History Modernity, Tradition and Reflexivity in Contemporary Brazil The Forms of Co-ordination of the Economy Dialectics and Modernity, Autonomy and Solidarity By Way of Conclusion: Critical Theory at the Turn of the Century Index

About the Author

JOSÉ MAURICIO DOMINGUES is Lecturer in the Sociology Department at the Institute of Philosophy and the Social Sciences, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Brazil. His previous publications include Sociological Theory and Collective Subjectivity and Sociologia e modernidade: Para entender a sociedade contempraorânea.

Reviews

'It is a distinct intellectual pleasure to follow Maurício Domingues as he glides with seemingly effortless intelligence across the slippery crevices and dangerous nooks and crannies of contemporary sociological theory. Amidst his welcome respect for many voices and his call for creative new synthesis, Domingues continues to develop his interesting notion of collective subjectivities. Social Creativity, Collective Subjectivity and Contemporary Modernity is an important project that can help to sustain critical social theory.' - Jeffrey Alexander, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California at Los Angeles