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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... redistribution of political and economic resources both within and across nations. In terms of Realpolitik, the two sides were alternative deterrence strategies – threats and bribes – in a world where large groups of people ...
... redistribution of political and economic resources both within and across nations. In terms of Realpolitik, the two sides were alternative deterrence strategies – threats and bribes – in a world where large groups of people ...
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... redistributing wealth in a productive society. It is as joint recipients of this legacy that the fates of social science and socialism have been sealed together. When, in the late 1970s, Foucaultian historiography and affiliated ...
... redistributing wealth in a productive society. It is as joint recipients of this legacy that the fates of social science and socialism have been sealed together. When, in the late 1970s, Foucaultian historiography and affiliated ...
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... redistributing effort and income to enable humanity to become a whole greater than the sum of its parts. To be sure, the gap between the rich and the poor had begun to close, when compared to the previous century of European imperial ...
... redistributing effort and income to enable humanity to become a whole greater than the sum of its parts. To be sure, the gap between the rich and the poor had begun to close, when compared to the previous century of European imperial ...
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... redistribution. Not surprisingly, recent years have witnessed the rise of corporate environmentalism, whereby labour exploitation is rendered compatible with clean environments (Hoffman, 1997). Lurking behind this 'greening' of the ...
... redistribution. Not surprisingly, recent years have witnessed the rise of corporate environmentalism, whereby labour exploitation is rendered compatible with clean environments (Hoffman, 1997). Lurking behind this 'greening' of the ...
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... redistribution of excess wealth. If one wishes to recover Mill in this context, a good place to begin is the law of ... redistribute income to correct the injustices caused by artificial restrictions on the free flow of goods and ...
... redistribution of excess wealth. If one wishes to recover Mill in this context, a good place to begin is the law of ... redistribute income to correct the injustices caused by artificial restrictions on the free flow of goods 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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