Critical Sociology

Author : Steven M. Buechler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317264965

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Critical Sociology by Steven M. Buechler Pdf

Critical Sociology is a thoroughly revised, updated, and sophisticated introduction to the sociological perspective as a critical lens on society. Much has happened since the first edition: the Great Recession, the Obama presidency, the burgeoning role of social media, and recent global social movements such the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, and the Arab Spring. In this second edition, Buechler discusses the changing relationship between social movements and democracy. The book contains chapters on how to think sociologically; an overview of scientific, humanistic, and critical schools of sociology; and a detailed exposition of the critical tradition.

Author : Christopher Powell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773585560

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Barbaric Civilization by Christopher Powell Pdf

From its beginnings in the early twelfth century, the Western civilizing process has involved two interconnected transformations: the monopolization of military force by sovereign states and the cultivation in individuals of habits and dispositions of the kind that we call "civilized." The combined forward movement of these processes channels violent struggles for social dominance into symbolic performances. But even as the civilizing process frees many subjects from the threat of direct physical force, violence accumulates behind the scenes and at the margins of the social order, kept there by a deeply habituated performance of dominance and subordination called deferentiation. When deferentiation fails, difference becomes dangerous and genocide becomes possible. Connecting historical developments with everyday life occurrences, and discussing examples ranging from thirteenth-century Languedoc to 1994 Rwanda, Powell offers an original framework for analyzing, comparing, and discussing genocides as variable outcomes of a common underlying social system, raising unsettling questions about the contradictions of Western civilization and the possibility of a world without genocide.

Author : George N. Katsiaficas,Robert George Kirkpatrick,Mary Lou Emery
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0829015957

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Introduction to Critical Sociology by George N. Katsiaficas,Robert George Kirkpatrick,Mary Lou Emery Pdf

Author : Norman Gabriel
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473934221

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The Sociology of Early Childhood by Norman Gabriel Pdf

The Sociology of Early Childhood is a theoretically and historically grounded examination of young children’s experiences in contemporary society. Arguing that a sociology of early childhood must bring together and integrate different disciplines, this book: synthesises different sociological perspectives on childhood as well as incorporating multi-disciplinary research findings on the lives of young children explains key theoretical concepts in early childhood studies such as investment, early intervention, professional power and discourse examines the importance of play, memory and place evaluates long term parenting trends uses illustrative examples and case studies, discussion questions and annotated further reading to engage and stimulate readers. Invigorating and thought provoking, this is an invaluable read for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students looking for a more nuanced and progressive understanding of childhood.

Author : Paul Connerton
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Critical theory
ISBN : UCSC:32106001000592

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Critical Sociology by Paul Connerton Pdf

Author : Jordan McKenzie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317565451

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Deconstructing Happiness by Jordan McKenzie Pdf

This book offers an original account of the good life in late modernity through a uniquely sociological lens. It considers the various ways that social and cultural factors can encourage or impede genuine efforts to live a good life by deconstructing the concepts of happiness and contentment within cultural narratives of the good life. While empirical studies have dominated the discourse on happiness in recent decades, the emphasis on finding causal and correlational relationships has led to a field of research that arguably lacks a reliable theoretical foundation. Deconstructing Happiness offers a step toward developing that foundation by offering characteristically sociological perspectives on the contemporary fascination with happiness and well-being. In doing so, it seeks to understand the good life as a socially mediated experience rather than a purely personal or individually defined way of living. The outcome is a book on happiness, contentment and the good life that considers the influence of democracy, capitalism and progress, while also focusing on the more theoretical challenges of self-knowledge, reason and interaction.

Author : John Scott
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415251095

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Social Networks by John Scott Pdf

This collection brings together the principal sources in the development of the techniques of social network analysis, from early metaphorical statements in Simmel and Radcliffe-Brown through the more systematic explorations in sociology and social anthropology, to contemporary formalizations. A new introduction explores the history of Social Networks and highlights the arguments of those who treat social network analysis as a loose, qualitative approach as well as those who see its potential in technical, mathematical uses. The thematically organized coverage includes: * Part I: Conceptualizing Social Networks * Part II: Topics and Developments in Graph Theory * Part III: Further Mathematical Models for Networks * Part IV: Applications: Family and Community * Part V: Applications: Corporate Power and Economic Structures * Part VI: Applications: Political, Protest, and Policy Networks * Part VII: Applications: Knowledge, Reputation, and Diffusion

Author : C.G. Pickvance
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135673314

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Urban Sociology by C.G. Pickvance Pdf

This book applies the historical materialist, or Marxist view of urban sociology and collates some fundamental sources of this perspective available. This book was first published in 1976.

Author : Peter E. S. Freund,Meredith B. McGuire,Linda S. Podhurst
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Human
ISBN : NWU:35556038606257

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Health, Illness, and the Social Body by Peter E. S. Freund,Meredith B. McGuire,Linda S. Podhurst Pdf

For undergraduate courses in Sociology of Health and Illness, Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Studies, Social Medicine, and Nursing. This text presents a critical, holistic interpretation of health, illness, and human bodies that emphasizes power as a key social-structural factor in health and in societal responses to illness. It does not attempt to cover every relevant topic in the sociology of health and illness, but is organized as a set of core essays around which to build a course, with the expectation that instructors will assign additional readings to exemplify and develop further these important analytical themes.

Author : Jiří Šubrt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030832896

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The Sociology of Time by Jiří Šubrt Pdf

In a critical, comparative study of the sociological literature, this book explores the term “time,” and the various interconnections between time and a broad cluster of topics that create a conceptual labyrinth. Various understandings of time manifest themselves in the context of many individual social problems—there is no single vision in sociology of how to grasp time and address within social theory. This book, therefore, attempts to define an approach to the concept of time and its associated terms (duration, temporality, acceleration, compression, temporal structures, change, historical consciousness, and others). The volume is guided by a critical engagement with three main questions: a) the formation of human understanding of time; b) the functioning of temporal structures at different levels of social reality; c) the role and place of time in general sociological theory.

Author : Stephen J. Pfohl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004146594

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Culture, Power And History by Stephen J. Pfohl Pdf

This volume brings together theoretical meditations and empirical studies of the intersection of culture, power and history in social life. Contributors bring a diversity of critical sociological perspectives and subject matters to this important edited book.

Author : John Sugden,Alan Tomlinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136402050

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Power Games by John Sugden,Alan Tomlinson Pdf

Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory and method for a critical sociology of sport. It argues that class, political economy, hegemony and other concepts central to the radical tradition are essential for framing, understanding and changing social and political relations within sport and between sport and society. The book draws upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, history and philosophy to provide a critical analysis of power relations throughout the world of sport, while offering important new case studies from such diverse sporting contexts as the Olympics, world football, boxing, cricket, tennis and windsurfing. In the process, it addresses key topics such as: * nations and nationalism * globalisation * race * gender * political economy. Power Games can be used as a complete introduction to the study of sport and society. And will be essential reading for any serious student of sport. At the same time, it is a provocative book that by argument and example challenges those who research and write about sport to make their work relevant to social and political reform.

Author : Edward Granter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317157021

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Critical Social Theory and the End of Work by Edward Granter Pdf

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development and sociological significance of the idea that work is being eliminated through the use of advanced production technology. Granter’s engagement with the work of key American and European figures such as Marx, Marcuse, Gorz, Habermas and Negri, focuses his arguments for the abolition of labour as a response to the current socio-historical changes affecting our work ethic and consumer ideology. By combining history of ideas with social theory, this book considers how the 'end of work' thesis has developed and has been critically implemented in the analysis of modern society. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology, history of ideas, social and cultural theory as well as those working in the fields of critical management and sociology of work.

Author : Alfredo Joignant Rondón,Alfredo Joignant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political sociology
ISBN : 0415793335

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Acting Politics by Alfredo Joignant Rondón,Alfredo Joignant Pdf

A sociological reading of the contemporary political field, its agents and struggles, as well as the forms that the field itself can take, this book engages with Bourdieu's theory of fields, analysing the functioning of the political field.

Author : Steven M. Buechler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351570510

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Critical Sociology by Steven M. Buechler Pdf

All sociology is implicitly critical because the sociological perspective questions and debunks what common sense takes for granted. Some sociology is explicitly critical of how the domination of states, corporations, the media, and other powerful institutions attenuate our potential for living autonomous lives in today's world. In Critical Sociology, Buechler explores sociology's double critique. The book opens with chapters on how to think sociologically; an overview of the scientific, humanistic, and critical schools of sociology; and a more detailed exposition of the critical tradition. He applies this critical tradition to economics, politics, and culture; to class, race, and gender; to individualism, self, and identity; and to globalization, social movements, and democracy.