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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... Humanity as the Endangered Species of Our Times 11 The Coming WorldHistoric Struggle in Science and Religion 12 Understanding the Fundamentalist Backlash against Secularism 13 Karma Secularized: Part One: Desperately Seeking Sociology ...
... Humanity as the Endangered Species of Our Times 11 The Coming WorldHistoric Struggle in Science and Religion 12 Understanding the Fundamentalist Backlash against Secularism 13 Karma Secularized: Part One: Desperately Seeking Sociology ...
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... humanity is itself at risk, it becomes important to stress the uniquely anthropocentric character of these movements that are too easily dismissed today. To be sure, much harm has been done in the names of 'instrumentalism' and ...
... humanity is itself at risk, it becomes important to stress the uniquely anthropocentric character of these movements that are too easily dismissed today. To be sure, much harm has been done in the names of 'instrumentalism' and ...
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... humanity as the central project of the social sciences reflects my own precocious entry and advancement in academia. I arrived just as the project was beginning its downturn. The third quarter of the 20th century will be remembered for ...
... humanity as the central project of the social sciences reflects my own precocious entry and advancement in academia. I arrived just as the project was beginning its downturn. The third quarter of the 20th century will be remembered for ...
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... humanity' to 'human nature' to simply 'nature' entailed by Singer's 'Darwinian Left' is further developed in Chapter 10 by following the crossspecies migration of the concept of 'sympathy' as a basis for moral concern. Part Three ...
... humanity' to 'human nature' to simply 'nature' entailed by Singer's 'Darwinian Left' is further developed in Chapter 10 by following the crossspecies migration of the concept of 'sympathy' as a basis for moral concern. Part Three ...
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... humanity' as an object sufficiently distinct to merit its own set of sciences – the 'human sciences' (which, for our purposes, is tantamount to the social sciences) – emerged only at the end of the 18th century and was rapidly ...
... humanity' as an object sufficiently distinct to merit its own set of sciences – the 'human sciences' (which, for our purposes, is tantamount to the social sciences) – emerged only at the end of the 18th century and was rapidly ...
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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