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100 1 _aFuller, Steve,
_d1959-
245 1 4 _aThe new sociological imagination /
_cSteve Fuller.
260 _aLondon ;
_aThousand Oaks, Calif. :
_bSAGE,
_c2006.
300 _aviii, 231 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
505 0 0 _apt. 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.
520 _aSteve 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.
590 _a30.00
650 0 _aSociology.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 7 _aSociology & anthropology
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