The New Sociological ImaginationC. 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 136
Historically the tactic of playing off alternative theologies for scientific advantage
has focused on physics . In the past century alone , a broad spectrum of scientists
and humanists – including Niels Bohr , Joseph Needham , Carl Jung , and ...
Historically the tactic of playing off alternative theologies for scientific advantage
has focused on physics . In the past century alone , a broad spectrum of scientists
and humanists – including Niels Bohr , Joseph Needham , Carl Jung , and ...
Page 147
Empirically speaking , nations traditionally dominated by karmic religious cultures
are producing an increasing proportion of the world ' s scientific knowledge . This
is a by - product of a growing middle class in places like India and China , who ...
Empirically speaking , nations traditionally dominated by karmic religious cultures
are producing an increasing proportion of the world ' s scientific knowledge . This
is a by - product of a growing middle class in places like India and China , who ...
Page 191
It is precisely this simplistic vision of science as a ' self - organizing system ' that
has attracted social scientists so uncritically to Kuhn ' s ( 1970 ) theory of scientific
change , even though at most it captured about 300 years of the history of ...
It is precisely this simplistic vision of science as a ' self - organizing system ' that
has attracted social scientists so uncritically to Kuhn ' s ( 1970 ) theory of scientific
change , even though at most it captured about 300 years of the history of ...
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Contents
Desperately Seeking Sociology in the 21st Century | 9 |
A Brief History of the Stakes | 23 |
Socialism as the Elusive Synthesis at | 31 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Sociological Imagination |
| Authors | Steve Fuller, Steve W. Fuller |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0761947566, 9780761947561 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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