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The Promise of Sociology : Classical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (424 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442634077
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Promise of SociologyLOC classification:
  • HM586.B436 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Why Think Sociologically? -- Chapter 1 Visions and Profiles of Students Today -- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology -- Chapter 3 The Light of Reason: Higher Education's Challenges -- Part Two The Classical Tradition -- Chapter 4 Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations -- Chapter 5 Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity -- Chapter 6 From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society -- Chapter 7 Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts -- Chapter 8 Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action -- Chapter 9 The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World -- Part Three Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture -- Chapter 10 Culture and Critique -- Chapter 11 The Dialectics of Popular Culture -- Chapter 12 Rock 'n' Roll as Complex Culture -- Chapter 13 The Promise of Sociology -- Glossary of Key Terms and Names -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Why Think Sociologically? -- Chapter 1 Visions and Profiles of Students Today -- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology -- Chapter 3 The Light of Reason: Higher Education's Challenges -- Part Two The Classical Tradition -- Chapter 4 Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations -- Chapter 5 Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity -- Chapter 6 From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society -- Chapter 7 Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts -- Chapter 8 Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action -- Chapter 9 The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World -- Part Three Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture -- Chapter 10 Culture and Critique -- Chapter 11 The Dialectics of Popular Culture -- Chapter 12 Rock 'n' Roll as Complex Culture -- Chapter 13 The Promise of Sociology -- Glossary of Key Terms and Names -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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