The new sociological imagination / Steve Fuller.
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TextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.Description: viii, 231 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0761947566 (hbk.)
- 9780761947561 (hbk.)
- 0761947574 (pbk.)
- 9780761947578 (pbk.)
- 9780761947561:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
pt. 1. Desperately seeking sociology in the 21st century. Tales of the academic undead: the mysterious disappearance of society -- The social science at risk: a brief history of the stakes -- Socialism as the elusive synthesis at the heart of social science -- The problem of inheritance and socialism's ultimate retreat to naturalism -- Towards a renewal of welfare and the rediscovery of British sociology -- Interlude: today's Orwellian turn in social science -- pt. 2. The biological challenge to social science. The hidden biological past of classical social theory -- Making the difference between sociology and biology matter today -- Beware of Darwinists bearing leftist gifts: the struggle for Marx's successor -- Who (or what) deserves our sympathy? -- pt. 3. Humanity as the endangered species of our time. The coming world-historic struggle in science and religion -- Understanding the fundamentalist backlash against secularization -- Karma secularized: the Darwinian turn in development policy -- Might we become Nazis in paradise? -- Conclusion: Is there no escape from human nature? -- Glossary.
Steve Fuller examines the history of the social sciences, covering most classic theorists and themes, to discover the key contributors to sociology and how relevant they remain today.
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