The New Sociological Imagination

AvSteve Fuller

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

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:

Critically examines the history of the social sciences to discover what the key contributions of sociology have been and how relevant they remain.
Demonstrates how biological and sociological themes have been intertwined from the beginning of both disciplines, from the 19th century to the present day.
Covers virtually all of sociology's classic theorists and themes.
Provides a glossary of key thinkers and concepts.

This book sets the agenda for imagining sociology in the 21st century and will attract students and professionals alike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-02-07
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761947561

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Steve Fuller is a Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. Other titles of his include The New Sociological Imagination (SAGE, 2006), and popular The Intellectual (Icon Books, 2006).

Recensioner i media

"Fuller is one of the most productive and critical writers in the history and philosophy of science and the social studies of science, technology, and society to use the title of his 1988 book. His current book is squarely within this tradition . . . Fuller raises significant questions concerning challenges to the concept of "humanity" posed by evolutionary psychology and the Darwinian Left on the one hand, and by developments in biotechnology and nanotechnology on the other hand."

Innehållsförteckning

PART ONE: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOCIOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURYTales of the Academic UndeadThe Mysterious Disappearance of SocietyThe Social Sciences at RiskA Brief History of the StakesSocialism as the Elusive Synthesis at the Heart of Social ScienceThe Problem of Inheritance and Socialism′s Ultimate Retreat to NaturalismTowards a Renewal of Welfare and the Rediscovery of British SociologyInterludeToday′s Orwellian Turn in SociologyPART TWO: THE BIOLOGICAL CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL SCIENCEThe Hidden Biological Past of Classical Social TheoryMaking the Difference between Sociology and Biology Matter TodayBeware of Darwinists Bearing Leftist GiftsThe Struggle for Marx′s Successor Who (or What) Deserves Our Sympathy?PART THREE: HUMANITY AS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES OF OUR TIMESThe Coming World-Historic Struggle in Science and ReligionUnderstanding the Fundamentalist Backlash against SecularismKarma SecularizedThe Darwinian Turn in Development PolicyMight we become Nazis in Paradise?ConclusionIs There No Escape from Human Nature?