Rob Beamish

The Promise of Sociology

Classical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781442634046
• ISBN-10: 1442634049
• Artikelnr.: 45064080

Autorenporträt

By Rob Beamish

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part One: Why Think Sociologically?
1. Visions and Profiles of Students Today
2. Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology
3. The Light of Reason: Higher Education’s Challenges
Part Two: The Classical Tradition
4. Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations
5. Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity
6. From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society
7. Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts
8. Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action
9. The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World
Part Three: Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture
10. Culture and Critique
11. The Dialectics of Popular Culture
12. Rock ’n’ Roll as Complex Culture
13. The Promise of Sociology
Glossary of Key Terms and Names
Bibliography
Index