The New Sociological ImaginationSAGE, 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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Page 4
... Homo sapiens into proper human beings. Chapters 3 and 4 chart the rise and fall of socialism as the political vehicle for this project, drawing attention to the vexed role played by the biological character of humans in defining matters ...
... Homo sapiens into proper human beings. Chapters 3 and 4 chart the rise and fall of socialism as the political vehicle for this project, drawing attention to the vexed role played by the biological character of humans in defining matters ...
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... (Homo sapiens) closer to divine salvation. The second and more down-to-earth precedent is the long-standing academic interest in independently examining candidates. 6 The New Sociological Imagination.
... (Homo sapiens) closer to divine salvation. The second and more down-to-earth precedent is the long-standing academic interest in independently examining candidates. 6 The New Sociological Imagination.
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... Homo sapiens. History has thrown up many ways of retarding and even pre-empting what still ought to be called the 'socialist' project. Indeed, the postmodern revival of the quasi-pejorative 'utopian' to capture the aspirational nature ...
... Homo sapiens. History has thrown up many ways of retarding and even pre-empting what still ought to be called the 'socialist' project. Indeed, the postmodern revival of the quasi-pejorative 'utopian' to capture the aspirational nature ...
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... Homo sapiens is said to have been created. The two implied theological traits – the separateness of humans from other animals and the equality of all humans in the eyes of God – have anchored subsequent discussion about the ...
... Homo sapiens is said to have been created. The two implied theological traits – the separateness of humans from other animals and the equality of all humans in the eyes of God – have anchored subsequent discussion about the ...
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... Homo sapiens above other animals. Because animals share 90+% of their genes, species turn out to be convenient taxonomic schemes, not natural kinds. From a strictly Neo-Darwinian perspective, even commonsensical appeals to a 'human ...
... Homo sapiens above other animals. Because animals share 90+% of their genes, species turn out to be convenient taxonomic schemes, not natural kinds. From a strictly Neo-Darwinian perspective, even commonsensical appeals to a 'human ...
Contents
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Chapter 5 Towards a Renewal of Welfare and the Rediscovery of British Sociology | 54 |
Todays Orwellian Turn in Social Science | 62 |
Chapter 10 Who or What Deserves Our Sympathy? | 118 |
Humanity as the Endangered Species of Our Times | 129 |
Chapter 11 The Coming WorldHistoric Struggle in Science and Religion | 131 |
Chapter 12 Understanding the Fundamentalist Backlash against Secularism | 147 |
The Sarwinian Turn in Development Policy | 161 |
Chapter 14 Might we become Nazis in Paradise? | 183 |
Is there no Escape from Human Nature? | 196 |
Glossary | 206 |
The Biological Challenge to Social Science | 77 |
Chapter 7 The Hidden Biological Past of Classical Social Theory | 79 |
Chapter 8 Making the Difference between Sociology and Biology Matter Today | 90 |
The Struggle for Marxs Successor | 107 |
References | 215 |
Index | 228 |
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