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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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New social connections

sociology's subjects and objects

edited byJudith BurnettSyd JeffersGraham Thomas

Abstract

Offering a fresh approach to new explorations of the reconfigurations of sociological thought, this book provides a mix of literature review, original theory and autobiographical material in order to understand formations of sociological knowledge.

Details | Table of Contents

Sociology and the sociological imagination

reflections on, disciplinarity and intellectual specialisation

John Scott

pp.14-30

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274877_2
Nouns and verbs

old and new strategies for sociology

Michael Rustin

pp.31-53

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274877_3
The death of history in British sociology

presentism, intellectual entrepreneurship, and the conundra of historical consciousness

David Inglis

pp.105-124

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274877_7
Cracking the Ivory tower

proposing "an interpretive public sociology"

Max Farrar

pp.180-203

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274877_12
Sand in the machine

encouraging academic activism with sociology he students today

Joyce E. Canaan

pp.204-232

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274877_13

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2010

Pages: 259

DOI: 10.1057/9780230274877

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-36594-4

ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-27487-7

Full citation:

Burnett Judith, Jeffers Syd, Thomas Graham (2010) New social connections: sociology's subjects and objects. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.