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. |
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... turn a reimagined sociology into a reality for our times. As this summary already makes clear, I take seriously the prima facie claim that the biological sciences can explain social life. In particular, I do not deny the presumptive ...
... turn a reimagined sociology into a reality for our times. As this summary already makes clear, I take seriously the prima facie claim that the biological sciences can explain social life. In particular, I do not deny the presumptive ...
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... turn Germany over the course of a generation into the powerhouse of Europe. Where Durkheim wanted norms that stabilized a potentially deteriorating situation, Weber sought norms that resolved power differences while expanding the ...
... turn Germany over the course of a generation into the powerhouse of Europe. Where Durkheim wanted norms that stabilized a potentially deteriorating situation, Weber sought norms that resolved power differences while expanding the ...
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... turn in social theory that props up Wallerstein's gloomy prognosis for the future of social science as a whole, see Fuller (1998a, b).) Perhaps a death rattle from sociology's pedagogical trenches may be heard in courses relating to ...
... turn in social theory that props up Wallerstein's gloomy prognosis for the future of social science as a whole, see Fuller (1998a, b).) Perhaps a death rattle from sociology's pedagogical trenches may be heard in courses relating to ...
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... turn the clock back to the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment, that is, when 'civil society' was still an object of natural history (as opposed to social engineering) and before nationbuilding became an expectation of statecraft ...
... turn the clock back to the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment, that is, when 'civil society' was still an object of natural history (as opposed to social engineering) and before nationbuilding became an expectation of statecraft ...
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... turns out to be rather mixed. On the one hand, as we shall see in Chapter 4, Schutz's critique of the pseudoimmediacy of mass communications can be deployed to mount an epistemic critique of today's antiglobalization movement. On the ...
... turns out to be rather mixed. On the one hand, as we shall see in Chapter 4, Schutz's critique of the pseudoimmediacy of mass communications can be deployed to mount an epistemic critique of today's antiglobalization movement. On the ...
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 | |
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