Part 1 Postmodernism, subjectivity and objectivity, micro and macro theory: how much difference is too much? - black feminist thought and the politics of postmodern social theory, Patricia Hill Collins; the standpoint epistemologies and social theory, Norman K. Denzin; oppression from within and without in sociological theories - an application to gender, Irene Browne, Paula England; the rise of the postmodern left, Timothy M. Chester, Clasina B. Segura; computational social grammar - a metatheory and methodology for exploring structurational dynamics, Martin Ruef; Pierre Bourdieu and the call for a reflexive sociology, Thomas Meisenheider. Part 2 Critical theory: reinventing technology in social theory, Mark A. Shields; social rights and a critical sociology of law, Richard R. Weiner. Part 3 Classical theory: Lenin and the problem of the intelligentsia, Jerome Karabel; Durkheim, moral individualism and the Dreyfus Affair, Chad R. Farrell.