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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 28
Page
... theorists were no less parochial than any other speciality and were especially allergic to the sort of reflexive considerations introduced by the sociology of knowledge. Indeed, the ease with which social theory detaches its concerns ...
... theorists were no less parochial than any other speciality and were especially allergic to the sort of reflexive considerations introduced by the sociology of knowledge. Indeed, the ease with which social theory detaches its concerns ...
Page
... theorist Immanuel Wallerstein (1996). It concluded that the very idea of the social sciences – especially 'sociology ... theorists drew increasing attention to the indeterminate and permeable boundaries of 'society', often in the spirit ...
... theorist Immanuel Wallerstein (1996). It concluded that the very idea of the social sciences – especially 'sociology ... theorists drew increasing attention to the indeterminate and permeable boundaries of 'society', often in the spirit ...
Page
... 'always already' social theorists. Indeed, Giddens' brand of reflexivity enables the social researcher to offload (or 'delegate', in Bruno Latour's Newspeak) personal responsibility for findings that could have just as easily come.
... 'always already' social theorists. Indeed, Giddens' brand of reflexivity enables the social researcher to offload (or 'delegate', in Bruno Latour's Newspeak) personal responsibility for findings that could have just as easily come.
Page
... theorists as Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton.) Whereas sociologists had been needed to demystify and otherwise counteract ideology, they are now needed to 'give voice' and otherwise reinforce cultural identity. It is as if cultural ...
... theorists as Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton.) Whereas sociologists had been needed to demystify and otherwise counteract ideology, they are now needed to 'give voice' and otherwise reinforce cultural identity. It is as if cultural ...
Page
... theorists and politicians invented the social sciences as the standardbearers of modernity. Indeed, his great leap backward would return us to the moment when the market first asserted itself against traditional forms of social life ...
... theorists and politicians invented the social sciences as the standardbearers of modernity. Indeed, his great leap backward would return us to the moment when the market first asserted itself against traditional forms of social life ...
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 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
20th century 21st century academic altruism animals anthropic basis behaviour bioliberalism biological bioprospecting called Cambridge capacity capitalist Chapter Christianity classical concept culture Darwinian Left Darwinism Dawkins difference disabled distinction Durkheim E.O. Wilson ecological economic Émile Durkheim Enlightenment environment epistemic ethic evolution evolutionary evolutionary psychology Fuller genes genetic global handicap principle Homo sapiens human condition human nature humanity’s Huxley idea individuals innovation intellectual Islam karmic knowledge labour liberal Marx modern namely nationstate natural sciences natural selection Nazi Neo NeoDarwinian neoliberal Nevertheless nonhumans normative one’s organisms original Oxford perhaps Peter Singer philosophical political positivists postmodern potential presupposes principle production racial hygiene realized redistribution regarded religions reproduction Richard Dawkins scientific secular selfish selfish gene sense sensibility simply Singer socalled social science social scientists socialist society sociobiology sociologists sociology sociology’s species standpoint strategy tendency theorists theory today’s tradition traditionally turn ultimately University Press Weber welfare worldview