The New Sociological ImaginationC. 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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Here we should recall the deep historic links between the natural sciences and
the humanities that belie loose talk of a 'two cultures' conflict. Both have been
classically concerned with a sense of reality that transcends the contingencies of
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Here we should recall the deep historic links between the natural sciences and
the humanities that belie loose talk of a 'two cultures' conflict. Both have been
classically concerned with a sense of reality that transcends the contingencies of
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On the one hand, the natural sciences arose from two observationbased
disciplines, natural history and astronomy, ... On the other hand, there has always
been popular talk of social reforms as 'going against human nature', and even the
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On the one hand, the natural sciences arose from two observationbased
disciplines, natural history and astronomy, ... On the other hand, there has always
been popular talk of social reforms as 'going against human nature', and even the
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The distinctiveness of the social sciences may be summed up in two words used
to characterize the objects of their inquiry: meaning and welfare. The former
captures what marks the social sciences from the natural sciences, the latter what
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The distinctiveness of the social sciences may be summed up in two words used
to characterize the objects of their inquiry: meaning and welfare. The former
captures what marks the social sciences from the natural sciences, the latter what
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Sociological Imagination |
| Author | Steve Fuller |
| Publisher | Pine Forge Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1446228436, 9781446228432 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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