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35+ obres 577 Membres 2 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Goran Therborn is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and the author of, most recently, Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy, also published by Verso. His works have appeared in at least twenty-four languages.

Obres de Göran Therborn

From Marxism to Post-Marxism? (2008) 99 exemplars
The World: A Beginner's Guide (2011) 36 exemplars
Science, Class and Society (1976) 26 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Therborn, Göran
Data de naixement
1941
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Sweden
País (per posar en el mapa)
Sweden
Professions
Professor of sociology at Cambridge University

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While the content here is interesting, I didn't find the writing engaging at all. Therborn obviously knows his topic and his detailed knowledge provides a wealth of information. That being said, those details come mostly in the form of facts and statistics. There isn't a lot of discussion or personal observation. The language and format is more suited to a college classroom, where facts need to be memorized and theories extrapolated during discussions. I almost felt as if I should be taking notes for a future quiz.

I read a lot of nonfiction, and my library includes a wide range of sociology. But the writing here is too dry to hold reader appeal.
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Darcia | Mar 6, 2014 |

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Obres
35
També de
2
Membres
577
Popularitat
#43,429
Valoració
½ 3.3
Ressenyes
2
ISBN
89
Llengües
8

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