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Toward a Sociological Imagination
Kincaid, Harold; Phillips, Bernard; Scheff, Thomas J.
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Description for Toward a Sociological Imagination
Paperback. Collecting revisions of papers from August of 2000 research conferences associated with the American Sociological Association, this volume is presented in the hopes of building on the ideas of an approach to a scientific sociological method presented in C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 413.
Toward A Sociological Imagination builds on the ideas C. Wright Mills expressed in The Sociological Imagination for an approach to the scientific method broad enough to open up to the full range of knowledge within the sociology discipline. In this book, nine sociologists and one philosopher provide detailed tests of the utility of the approach within diverse substantive sociological areas. These areas include, deviance and anomie, stratification and occupational mobility, the origins of capitalism, combining narrative sociology with modeling, racial and ethnic relations, unacknowledged emotions within the psychiatric interview, the genesis of violence, and the impact of moving from a ... Read more
Toward A Sociological Imagination builds on the ideas C. Wright Mills expressed in The Sociological Imagination for an approach to the scientific method broad enough to open up to the full range of knowledge within the sociology discipline. In this book, nine sociologists and one philosopher provide detailed tests of the utility of the approach within diverse substantive sociological areas. These areas include, deviance and anomie, stratification and occupational mobility, the origins of capitalism, combining narrative sociology with modeling, racial and ethnic relations, unacknowledged emotions within the psychiatric interview, the genesis of violence, and the impact of moving from a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761823421
SKU
V9780761823421
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About Kincaid, Harold; Phillips, Bernard; Scheff, Thomas J.
Bernard Phillips is Founder and informal director of the Sociological Imagination Group. Harold Kincaid is Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Thomas Scheff is Adjunct Professor, Gothenburg University, Karlsbad, Sweden.
Reviews for Toward a Sociological Imagination
?this book offers a refreshing reminder of the need to reflect on our research questions and methods in an era when specialization seems to hold the greatest reward.
Stephen Sweet
Theory and Epistemology
…this book offers a refreshing reminder of the need to reflect on our research questions and methods in an era when specialization seems to ... Read more
Stephen Sweet
Theory and Epistemology
…this book offers a refreshing reminder of the need to reflect on our research questions and methods in an era when specialization seems to ... Read more