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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... evolutionary psychology by no means spell the end of social science, since these wouldbe successor fields leave what it means to be human radically indeterminate. However, they do force us to consider the extent to which our humanity ...
... evolutionary psychology by no means spell the end of social science, since these wouldbe successor fields leave what it means to be human radically indeterminate. However, they do force us to consider the extent to which our humanity ...
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... evolutionary theory as the burden that social science needs to overcome to maintain its autonomy from the natural sciences. My response is to argue that what makes some animals 'human' is their participation in largescale corporate ...
... evolutionary theory as the burden that social science needs to overcome to maintain its autonomy from the natural sciences. My response is to argue that what makes some animals 'human' is their participation in largescale corporate ...
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... evolutionary psychologists nowadays infer what makes us who we are from the remains of our Stone Age ancestors (including their DNA), whereas humanists continue to focus on artefacts of a more recent and literate age. Those who doubt ...
... evolutionary psychologists nowadays infer what makes us who we are from the remains of our Stone Age ancestors (including their DNA), whereas humanists continue to focus on artefacts of a more recent and literate age. Those who doubt ...
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... evolutionary ethics' of the sort promoted by Herbert Spencer is a nonstarter because humanity is distinguished by its organized resistance to natural selection. Huxley meant the various ways in which humans have transformed the natural ...
... evolutionary ethics' of the sort promoted by Herbert Spencer is a nonstarter because humanity is distinguished by its organized resistance to natural selection. Huxley meant the various ways in which humans have transformed the natural ...
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... evolutionary biology does not privilege Homo sapiens above other animals. Because animals share 90+% of their genes, species turn out to be convenient taxonomic schemes, not natural kinds. From a strictly NeoDarwinian perspective, even ...
... evolutionary biology does not privilege Homo sapiens above other animals. Because animals share 90+% of their genes, species turn out to be convenient taxonomic schemes, not natural kinds. From a strictly NeoDarwinian perspective, even ...
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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