Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination

The Wilds of Society

AvShawn Chandler Bingham

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. Through explorations of Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as the mainstay Thoreauvian concerns for the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination challenging readers to re-examine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-12-14
Mått:163 x 241 x 15 mm
Vikt:388 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742560581

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Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Shawn Chandler Bingham is assistant professor of sociology at Saint Leo University in Florida.

Recensioner i media

Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination presents the trans-disciplinary breadth of Henry David Thoreau's work, explores the relation between self and society in constructing the common good, and highlights the interplay between humans and the natural environment. In this thought-provoking account, Dr. Bingham, illustrates Thoreau's particularly prescient outlook on social evolution.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Preface2 Chronology3 Chapter One: Disciplinary Disobedience4 Chapter Two: The Seeds and Fruit of Thoreavian Though5 Chapter Three: Social Structure and the American Individual6 Chapter Four: "Progress," Social Development and Social Change7 Chapter Five: Thoreau's Social Inquiry8 Chapter Six: Thoreau as a Model for "Reimagining" Sociology9 References