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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... perhaps even scary, turn of phrase refers to the systematic secularization and scientization of monotheism, which privileges human beings as created in the image and likeness of God. The aim, then, is to create a world in which humans ...
... perhaps even scary, turn of phrase refers to the systematic secularization and scientization of monotheism, which privileges human beings as created in the image and likeness of God. The aim, then, is to create a world in which humans ...
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... perhaps more controversially, sociology's Holy Trinity of Marx, Weber and Durkheim, treated the natural sciences as a means to overcome the prejudices of classical humanism in the name of a truly 'social science' that would have ...
... perhaps more controversially, sociology's Holy Trinity of Marx, Weber and Durkheim, treated the natural sciences as a means to overcome the prejudices of classical humanism in the name of a truly 'social science' that would have ...
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... perhaps phenomenology would do the trick. However, people are generally dissatisfied with where they find themselves and aspire to a better state. Beyond an interest in demystifying and usurping theological authority, this is what made ...
... perhaps phenomenology would do the trick. However, people are generally dissatisfied with where they find themselves and aspire to a better state. Beyond an interest in demystifying and usurping theological authority, this is what made ...
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... Perhaps some combination of these currents can turn a reimagined sociology into a reality for our times. As this summary already makes clear, I take seriously the prima facie claim that the biological sciences can explain social life ...
... Perhaps some combination of these currents can turn a reimagined sociology into a reality for our times. As this summary already makes clear, I take seriously the prima facie claim that the biological sciences can explain social life ...
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... perhaps especially – more classically positivistic 'hypotheticodeductive' approaches to social research should be seen in this light. Much more important than sharply dividing science and politics is the idea that sociological claims ...
... perhaps especially – more classically positivistic 'hypotheticodeductive' approaches to social research should be seen in this light. Much more important than sharply dividing science and politics is the idea that sociological claims ...
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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