Richard Jenkins

Foundations of Sociology (eBook, PDF)

Towards a Better Understanding of the Human World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the foundations of sociology - key concepts which are necessary to all sociology, from whatever perspective - have become taken-for-granted and require re-assessment. Focusing on society, culture, the individual, and collectivity, the author builds a powerful case for an overhaul of these basic concepts, offering a unified model of the subject matter of sociology as 'the human world' - understood as individual, interactional and institutional orders - which is part of the 'natural world'. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this is a powerful restatement of the value of sociological sense as a necessary critique of common sense, and its relevance to an audience far beyond academia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 179
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349878352
• Artikelnr.: 54786213

Autorenporträt

RICHARD JENKINS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK.