| Description |
ix, 310 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What do sociologists do? -- Nine theses on the future of sociology -- The social sciences and philosophy : trends in recent social theory -- Structuralism, post-structuralism and the production of culture -- Erving Goffman as a systematic social theorist -- Time and social organization -- Nation-states and violence -- Social theory and problems of macroeconomics -- Out of the Orrery : E.P. Thompson on consciousness and history -- Reason without revolution? : Habermas's "theory of communicative action" -- Alvin Gouldner and the intellectuals -- The perils of punditry : Gorz and the end of the working class. |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Methodology.
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Sociology -- Methodology. |
| ISBN |
0804713553 |
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9780804713559 |
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0804713561 paperback |
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9780804713566 paperback |
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