The New Sociological Imagination

Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446228432

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The New Sociological Imagination by Steve Fuller Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9350027631

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The Sociological Imagination by Anonim Pdf

Author : O. Pyyhtinen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137531841

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More-than-Human Sociology by O. Pyyhtinen Pdf

More-than-Human Sociology is a call for a bolder, more creative sociology. Olli Pyyhtinen argues that to make sociology responsive to life in the 21st century we need a new sociological imagination, one that addresses connectivity, understands the world in which we live as both a human and non-human world, and is sensitive to the multiple scales on which things exist. A fresh and innovative take on the promise of sociology, this book will appeal to scholars and students both within sociology and the social sciences more broadly.

Author : John Scott,Ann Nilsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782540038

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C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination by John Scott,Ann Nilsen Pdf

With renowned international contributors and expert contributions from a range of specialisms, this book will appeal to academics, students and researchers of sociology.

Author : Ismael Puga,Robert Easthope
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351351669

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An Analysis of C. Wright Mills's The Sociological Imagination by Ismael Puga,Robert Easthope Pdf

C. Wright Mills’s 1959 book The Sociological Imagination is widely regarded as one of the most influential works of post-war sociology. At its heart, the work is a closely reasoned argument about the nature and aims of sociology, one that sets out a manifesto and roadmap for the field. Its wide acceptance and popular reception is a clear demonstration of the rhetorical power of Wright’s strong reasoning skills. In critical thinking, reasoning involves the creation of an argument that is strong, balanced, and, of course, persuasive. In Mills’s case, this core argument makes a case for what he terms the “sociological imagination”, a particular quality of mind capable of analyzing how individual lives fit into, and interact with, social structures. Only by adopting such an approach, Mills argues, can sociologists see the private troubles of individuals as the social issues they really are. Allied to this central argument are supporting arguments for the need for sociology to maintain its independence from corporations and governments, and for social scientists to steer away from ‘high theory’ and focus on the real difficulties of everyday life. Carefully organized, watertight and persuasive, The Sociological Imagination exemplifies reasoned argument at its best.

Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847877352

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The New Sociological Imagination by Steve Fuller Pdf

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.

Author : Rhonda F. Levine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317260400

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Enriching the Sociological Imagination by Rhonda F. Levine Pdf

Since the 1960s, radical sociology has had far more influence on mainstream sociology than many observers imagine. This book pairs seminal articles with new reflective essays written by the founders of progressive sociology, including Fred Block, Edna Bonacich, Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Val Burris, G. William Domhoff, Richard Flacks, Harvey Molotch, Goran Therborn, and Erik Olin Wright. The book highlights the wider impact of radical sociology and shows how the work of these and other writers has continued to influence sociology's continuing interest in capitalism, class, race, gender, power, and progressive social change. It also describes future directions for a critical sociology relevant to a multicultural and global world.

Author : Allison C. Carey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781071818176

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Disability and the Sociological Imagination by Allison C. Carey Pdf

Disability and the Sociological Imagination provides an expertly developed and accessible overview of the relatively new and growing area of sociology of disability. Written by one of the field’s leading researchers, it discusses the major theorists, research methods, and bodies of knowledge that represents sociology’s key contributions to our understanding of disability. Unlike other available texts, it examines the ways in which major social structures contribute to the production and reproduction of disability, and examines how race, class, gender, and sexual orientation shape the disability experience

Author : NYU Sociology Dept,Jeff Manza,Richard Arum,Lynne Haney
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780134638010

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The Sociology Project 2.5 by NYU Sociology Dept,Jeff Manza,Richard Arum,Lynne Haney Pdf

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. For courses in Introductory Sociology Inspire each student’s sociological imagination Authored collaboratively by members of the NYU Sociology Department, The Sociology Project 2.5 draws on the collective wisdom of expert faculty to reveal how individuals are shaped by the contexts in which they live and act. Organized around the big questions in every subfield of the discipline, The Sociology Project 2.5 shows how sociologists analyze our world and sets students off on their own journeys of sociological inquiry. At its core, The Sociology Project 2.5 seeks to inspire each student’s sociological imagination and instill in each reader a new determination to question the world around us.

Author : DALE. DANNEFER
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367190885

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Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination by DALE. DANNEFER Pdf

Combining foundational principles of critical social science with recent breakthroughs in research across disciplines ranging from biology to economics, this book offers a scientifically and humanly expanded landscape for apprehending the life course.

Author : Avery Gordon
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081662089X

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Ghostly Matters by Avery Gordon Pdf

'Avery Gordon's stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. She shows how fiction writing can sometimes function as a social force, as a repository of memories that are too brutal, to debilitating, and too horrifying to register through direct historical or social science narratives...'--George Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

Author : Barbara Celarent
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226433967

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Varieties of Social Imagination by Barbara Celarent Pdf

In July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.

Author : Keith Kerr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317253716

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Postmodern Cowboy by Keith Kerr Pdf

More than 50 years ago, C. Wright Mills heralded a new age for sociology for the 1960s and beyond. Yet his forward-looking vision also foretold some of the social conditions we associate, more recently, with postmodern society. This intellectual biography of Mills emphasizes early life experiences that shaped Mills's expansive vision of the future, just as Kerr develops, from Mills, tools for confronting current and looming problems. Drawing upon little-known documents, Kerr expands our knowledge about this leading 20th-century sociologist, and shows how forward-looking Millsian scholarship can enhance the endeavors of sociology today.

Author : Randol Contreras
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520273375

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The Stickup Kids by Randol Contreras Pdf

Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insiderÕs look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as ÒStickup Kids,Ó these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and theoretical account for the rise of the Stickup Kids and their violence. He mainly focuses on the lives of neighborhood friends, who went from being crack dealers to drug robbers once their lucrative crack market opportunities disappeared. The result is a stunning, vivid, on-the-ground ethnographic description of a drug robberyÕs violence, the drug market high life, the criminal life course, and the eventual pain and suffering experienced by the casualties of the Crack Era. Provocative and eye-opening, The Stickup Kids urges us to explore the ravages of the drug trade through weaving history, biography, social structure, and drug market forces. It offers a revelatory explanation for drug market violence by masterfully uncovering the hidden social forces that produce violent and self-destructive individuals. Part memoir, part penetrating analysis, this book is engaging, personal, deeply informed, and entirely absorbing.

Author : Jeff Manza,Richard Arum,Lynne Haney
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 0205093825

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The Sociology Project by Jeff Manza,Richard Arum,Lynne Haney Pdf

Inspiring the Sociological Imagination The Sociology Project conveys the power of the sociological imagination and engages us to interact with the questions, mysteries, and challenges of our world. Seeking to spark students' sociological imaginations, The Sociology Project provides an interactive approach for discovery. The passion and insight of the sociological perspective are revealed through a collaborative authorship. Teaching and Learning Experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience - for you and your students. Here's how: Personalize Learning - Featuring the most immersive media program available, MySocLab delivers dynamic, engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate, and measure learning for every student. Improve Critical Thinking - The Big Questions pedagogical framework is designed to foster intellectual curiosity. Engage Students - The text provides links to a wider world of content, including interactive maps, videos, and activities. Explore Theory - Because each author is a specialist on the chapter's topic, students learn about the most current theory, research and debates in the field. Support Instructors -- In addition to a robust support program, instructors can join the conversation with the authors and fellow teachers in our Facebook Group. Note: MySocLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySocLab, please visit www.mysoclab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySocLab: ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205949606 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205949601.