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
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... scientific and political relevance, the principal legacy of which is the welfare state. America's was the only other national tradition equally permeated by Darwinism, but its early sociologists took it in rather disparate scientific ...
... scientific and political relevance, the principal legacy of which is the welfare state. America's was the only other national tradition equally permeated by Darwinism, but its early sociologists took it in rather disparate scientific ...
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... scientific foundation of progressive politics in an era that has witnessed the reversal of socialism's fortunes. This is the point at which the alarm should sound for those interested in preserving the integrity of social science. The ...
... scientific foundation of progressive politics in an era that has witnessed the reversal of socialism's fortunes. This is the point at which the alarm should sound for those interested in preserving the integrity of social science. The ...
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... scientific, social theoretic, and socialistic critique, not least the characteristically earnest Fabian Society pamphlet (no. 536), 'Does society exist?' Authored by Brian Barry, an analytic philosopher who was then Professor of ...
... scientific, social theoretic, and socialistic critique, not least the characteristically earnest Fabian Society pamphlet (no. 536), 'Does society exist?' Authored by Brian Barry, an analytic philosopher who was then Professor of ...
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... scientific imagination from opposing sides – that is, from the humanities and the natural sciences. On the one hand, the demise of a robust sense of society has empowered humanistically trained researchers in cultural studies to divine ...
... scientific imagination from opposing sides – that is, from the humanities and the natural sciences. On the one hand, the demise of a robust sense of society has empowered humanistically trained researchers in cultural studies to divine ...
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... scientific and political issues. While Durkheim recognized the social function of deviance in shoring up a common identity among the non-deviant, he also believed that at least some forms of deviance could be rectified through ...
... scientific and political issues. While Durkheim recognized the social function of deviance in shoring up a common identity among the non-deviant, he also believed that at least some forms of deviance could be rectified through ...
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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