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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... one's attitude towards history. This is in keeping with my own project of social epistemology, a normative version of the sociology of knowledge that aims to use what is empirically known about organized inquiry to enlighten our present ...
... one's attitude towards history. This is in keeping with my own project of social epistemology, a normative version of the sociology of knowledge that aims to use what is empirically known about organized inquiry to enlighten our present ...
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... one's sense of location and destination in history. If people's minds simply reflected their environments, there would be no need for the sociology of knowledge. Empiricism or perhaps phenomenology would do the trick. However, people ...
... one's sense of location and destination in history. If people's minds simply reflected their environments, there would be no need for the sociology of knowledge. Empiricism or perhaps phenomenology would do the trick. However, people ...
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... one's kin. Finally, before embarking on the task before us, some remarks are in order about how – or, indeed, whether – the practice of sociology would need to be different in my 'reimagined' form. Certainly the word 'sociology' would ...
... one's kin. Finally, before embarking on the task before us, some remarks are in order about how – or, indeed, whether – the practice of sociology would need to be different in my 'reimagined' form. Certainly the word 'sociology' would ...
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... one's life experience can be transmitted to offspring. This – the doctrine of the inheritance of acquired characteristics – remained popular among those like Spencer whose commitment to evolution was independent of Darwinism. They never ...
... one's life experience can be transmitted to offspring. This – the doctrine of the inheritance of acquired characteristics – remained popular among those like Spencer whose commitment to evolution was independent of Darwinism. They never ...
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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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