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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... modern 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 ...
... modern 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 ...
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... point already found in Weber's later political writings, which would have the public recognize that the complexity of the modern world requires the 'professionalization' of politics, a consequence of which is that ordinary.
... point already found in Weber's later political writings, which would have the public recognize that the complexity of the modern world requires the 'professionalization' of politics, a consequence of which is that ordinary.
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... modern', he is converting presentday disappointment and, above all, impatience into one big and long mistake that should not have been committed in the first place. Our own shortcomings are thus offloaded – or perhaps I should have said ...
... modern', he is converting presentday disappointment and, above all, impatience into one big and long mistake that should not have been committed in the first place. Our own shortcomings are thus offloaded – or perhaps I should have said ...
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... modern sense, an Enlightenment legacy of which the nationstate and its agencies – not least universities – have been the main legal executors. However, the aspiration to become human need not be realized by Homo sapiens. History has ...
... modern sense, an Enlightenment legacy of which the nationstate and its agencies – not least universities – have been the main legal executors. However, the aspiration to become human need not be realized by Homo sapiens. History has ...
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... modern social scientific aspiration of systematically interrelating political, cultural, economic, and even ecological factors. Of special relevance is the unique position of humans in relation to the Divine Creator, in whose 'image and ...
... modern social scientific aspiration of systematically interrelating political, cultural, economic, and even ecological factors. Of special relevance is the unique position of humans in relation to the Divine Creator, in whose 'image and ...
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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