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 61
... given protective colouration to economics over the past half century ( Proctor , 1991 : Chapter 13 ; Fuller , 2001a ) . Such economic naturalism had been given wide public exposure by Spencer's version of Social Darwinism , which ...
... given protective colouration to economics over the past half century ( Proctor , 1991 : Chapter 13 ; Fuller , 2001a ) . Such economic naturalism had been given wide public exposure by Spencer's version of Social Darwinism , which ...
Page 140
... given the multifarious - and largely negative – uses to which the term ' positivism ' has been put . After all , why have positivists stressed the procedural , typically sensory , basis for epistemic judgement ? The general answer is ...
... given the multifarious - and largely negative – uses to which the term ' positivism ' has been put . After all , why have positivists stressed the procedural , typically sensory , basis for epistemic judgement ? The general answer is ...
Page 174
... given species , including our own . Thus , Singer notoriously – albeit consistently – advocates that healthy non- humans should be protected from experimental intervention , while costly medical treatment is withheld from unhealthy ...
... given species , including our own . Thus , Singer notoriously – albeit consistently – advocates that healthy non- humans should be protected from experimental intervention , while costly medical treatment is withheld from unhealthy ...
Contents
Disappearance of Society | 11 |
A Brief History of the Stakes | 23 |
Socialism as the Elusive Synthesis at | 31 |
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