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. |
From inside the book
Page 15
... Marx and the 'structuralist' (a.k.a. economistic) bias of the later Marx (Bhaskar, 1979). (For a critique of this unfortunately enduring turn in social theory that props up Wallerstein's gloomy prognosis for the future of social science ...
... Marx and the 'structuralist' (a.k.a. economistic) bias of the later Marx (Bhaskar, 1979). (For a critique of this unfortunately enduring turn in social theory that props up Wallerstein's gloomy prognosis for the future of social science ...
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... Marx. It is that a norm that at first governs the practice of only a few can be extended to the many, overturning the default ('natural') tendencies of all concerned, thereby remaking the world for the greater benefit of everyone. In ...
... Marx. It is that a norm that at first governs the practice of only a few can be extended to the many, overturning the default ('natural') tendencies of all concerned, thereby remaking the world for the greater benefit of everyone. In ...
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... Marx had discovered the basic law of social progress (Wheen, 2004: Chapter 10). Perhaps unsurprisingly it took even less time to demonstrate, with equal conclusiveness, that Marx had been wrong all along. To be sure, US sociology ...
... Marx had discovered the basic law of social progress (Wheen, 2004: Chapter 10). Perhaps unsurprisingly it took even less time to demonstrate, with equal conclusiveness, that Marx had been wrong all along. To be sure, US sociology ...
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... Marx would have had to be created in the 1860s to stem the tide of this argument. Of course, Jevons did not see himself as trying to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. Rather, like Charles Murray and today's bioliberal pundits ...
... Marx would have had to be created in the 1860s to stem the tide of this argument. Of course, Jevons did not see himself as trying to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. Rather, like Charles Murray and today's bioliberal pundits ...
Page 38
... Marx called 'variable capital' that was ultimately replaceable by the 'fixed capital' of technology. In the 21st century, the object of ecological protection and neo-liberal emancipation is genetic potential (Fuller, 2002a: Chapters 2–3) ...
... Marx called 'variable capital' that was ultimately replaceable by the 'fixed capital' of technology. In the 21st century, the object of ecological protection and neo-liberal emancipation is genetic potential (Fuller, 2002a: Chapters 2–3) ...
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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