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 13
... simply thought they were doing different things. Theirs was a posthumous American-style shotgun wedding ministered by Parsons (1937). To many Germans of Weber's generation, 'sociology' – with which Durkheim happily identified – still ...
... simply thought they were doing different things. Theirs was a posthumous American-style shotgun wedding ministered by Parsons (1937). To many Germans of Weber's generation, 'sociology' – with which Durkheim happily identified – still ...
Page 20
... simply behaviour that deviated from a norm upheld by the state for its own purposes. Tarde attempted to portray Durkheim as an academic naïf in matters of policy who took the normative imperatives of the Third Republic too much at face ...
... simply behaviour that deviated from a norm upheld by the state for its own purposes. Tarde attempted to portray Durkheim as an academic naïf in matters of policy who took the normative imperatives of the Third Republic too much at face ...
Page 24
... simply advocating the end of state-sponsored welfare programmes. In fact, he was mainly concerned that Blacks were judged against a purely intellectual standard of achievement that may not elicit their 'natural', more physically based ...
... simply advocating the end of state-sponsored welfare programmes. In fact, he was mainly concerned that Blacks were judged against a purely intellectual standard of achievement that may not elicit their 'natural', more physically based ...
Page 25
... simply keep the peace by keeping people at a safe – physical and social – distance from each other. The ruler also had to provide for their welfare. Statecraft thus had to go beyond the usual threats and deceptions, since rulers were ...
... simply keep the peace by keeping people at a safe – physical and social – distance from each other. The ruler also had to provide for their welfare. Statecraft thus had to go beyond the usual threats and deceptions, since rulers were ...
Page 28
... simply letting nature take its course. But also included here are legal arrangements, in which succession to a corporate post or institutionalized role is prescribed on the basis of examination or election – that is, not family lineage ...
... simply letting nature take its course. But also included here are legal arrangements, in which succession to a corporate post or institutionalized role is prescribed on the basis of examination or election – that is, not family lineage ...
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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