The New Sociological ImaginationSAGE Publications, 2006 M03 3 - 231 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:
" critically examines the history of the social sciences to discover what the key contributions of Sociology have been and how relevant they remain " demonstrates how biological and sociological themes have been intertwined from the beginning of both disciplines, from the 19th century to the present day " covers virtually all of sociology's classic theorists and themes " provides a glossary of key thinkers and concepts.
This book sets the agenda for imagining Sociology in the 21st century and will attract students and professionals alike. |
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Page 26
... enabled its development to be aligned with the growth of the nation - state in the 19th and 20th centuries . ( It is also ... enable greater control of the potentially recalcitrant subjects . Moreover , at a reflexive level , the social ...
... enabled its development to be aligned with the growth of the nation - state in the 19th and 20th centuries . ( It is also ... enable greater control of the potentially recalcitrant subjects . Moreover , at a reflexive level , the social ...
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... enable the flourishing of those who , from a strictly biological standpoint , are by no means the fittest . In his 1893 Romanes Lecture , Huxley memor- ably claimed that the human condition was not about ' survival of the fittest ' but ...
... enable the flourishing of those who , from a strictly biological standpoint , are by no means the fittest . In his 1893 Romanes Lecture , Huxley memor- ably claimed that the human condition was not about ' survival of the fittest ' but ...
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... enable humans to liberate their divine spirit from their mater- ial containers . Secular versions of these ... enabling more people to enjoy benefits previously limited to the wealthy . Rather , it has entailed periodic changes in the ...
... enable humans to liberate their divine spirit from their mater- ial containers . Secular versions of these ... enabling more people to enjoy benefits previously limited to the wealthy . Rather , it has entailed periodic changes in the ...
Contents
Disappearance of Society | 11 |
A Brief History of the Stakes | 23 |
Socialism as the Elusive Synthesis at | 31 |
Copyright | |
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