Nature of Sociology

Informationen zum Autor Mike Gane is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University. He has published widely on Durkheimian sociology, on Baudrillard, and his has edited two collections on Foucault.  His recent writings have concerned Comte, Marx, Mauss, Lyotard, Canguilhem, Baudrillard, Derrida, and Virilio. Klappentext Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the Année sociologique. Here are two of Mauss's most significant statements on the social sciences. The first, written with Fauconnet, outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The second examines the internal organization of sociology as a division of intellectual labor. The essays are of interest to anthropologists as well as sociologists for Mauss, like Durkheim, did not distinguish in detail the two disciplines. Zusammenfassung Here are two of Mauss's most significant statements on the social sciences. The 1st! written with Fauconnet! outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The 2nd examines the internal organization of sociology as a division of intellectual labor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Mike Gane Sociology ( with Paul Fauconnet ) Sociology: Its Divisions and Their Relative Weightings Chapter 1. The Sequence or Order of the Parts of Sociology Chapter 2. On the Proportions of the Parts of Sociology Chapter 3. Concrete Divisions of Sociology Chapter 4. The Place of Applied Sociology or Politics Additional Bibliographical Note Index

Product details

• Authors: Mike Gane, Gane Mike, Marcel Mauss
• Assisted by: William Jeffrey (Translation)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781789208153
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-815-3
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Publications of the Durkheim P; Publications of the Durkheim Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Religious issues & debates, Religious issues and debates