The New Sociological ImaginationPine Forge Press, 2006 M02 7 - 240 pages C. Wright Mills′ classic The Sociological Imagination has inspired generations of students to study Sociology. However, the book is nearly half a century old. What would a book address, aiming to attract and inform students in the 21st century? This is the task that Steve Fuller sets himself in this major new invitation to study Sociology. The book:
This book sets the agenda for imagining sociology in the 21st century and will attract students and professionals alike. |
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... economic resources both within and across nations. In terms of Realpolitik, the two sides were alternative ... economy could be justified even without the sense of 'permanent emergency', a phrase from Bismarck's Germany that Daniel Bell ...
... economic resources both within and across nations. In terms of Realpolitik, the two sides were alternative ... economy could be justified even without the sense of 'permanent emergency', a phrase from Bismarck's Germany that Daniel Bell ...
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... Economics (LSE), the pamphlet dutifully weighed the arguments on both sides of the issue before concluding that, contrary to Mrs Thatcher's assertion, society does indeed exist. While Barry may have assuaged the fears of Labour Party ...
... Economics (LSE), the pamphlet dutifully weighed the arguments on both sides of the issue before concluding that, contrary to Mrs Thatcher's assertion, society does indeed exist. While Barry may have assuaged the fears of Labour Party ...
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... Economy, Health, State, etc. Talcott Parsons' structuralfunctionalism marked the high watermark in this conception of sociology (Parsons, 1951). However, the end of the Cold War has resulted in the decline of the 'welfarewarfare state ...
... Economy, Health, State, etc. Talcott Parsons' structuralfunctionalism marked the high watermark in this conception of sociology (Parsons, 1951). However, the end of the Cold War has resulted in the decline of the 'welfarewarfare state ...
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... economic arrangements that enable them to do things they could not do on their own – such as turn Germany over the course of a generation into the powerhouse of Europe. Where Durkheim wanted norms that stabilized a potentially ...
... economic arrangements that enable them to do things they could not do on their own – such as turn Germany over the course of a generation into the powerhouse of Europe. Where Durkheim wanted norms that stabilized a potentially ...
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... economy, Friedrich von Hayek. An important semantic marker of this transition is the regression from Kantian autonomy to Aristotelian agency to characterize the aspiration to selfdetermination by deviant groups. Whereas 'autonomy ...
... economy, Friedrich von Hayek. An important semantic marker of this transition is the regression from Kantian autonomy to Aristotelian agency to characterize the aspiration to selfdetermination by deviant groups. Whereas 'autonomy ...
Contents
Sociology | |
The Biological Challenge to Social Science | |
Today | |
The Struggle | |
Who or What Deserves Our Sympathy? | |
Humanity as the Endangered Species of Our Times | |
Understanding the Fundamentalist Backlash against Secularism | |
The Darwinian Turn in Development Policy | |
Might we become Nazis in Paradise? | |
Is there no Escape from Human Nature? | |
References | |
Index | |
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