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Klappentext In this sociology text the contributors provide an introduction to the subject without over-simplifying or `writing-down' to their audience. The book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to develop a self-perpetuating sociological imagination to enable them to think through new issues and new problems. It consists of a series of specially commissioned chapters around binary or dichotomous themes. Although many sociologists are critical of dichotomous models of sociological theory and research, the device crops up again and again in the history and practice of the subject. Jenks and his colleagues use the dichotomies to situate students in current sociological arguments and topical debates. For example, by examining contradictory pairs of concepts like structure/agency, local/global, continuity/change, students are introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over a whole series of issues. Zusammenfassung This introduction to the core concepts of sociology aims to help students develop the "sociological imagination". By examining contradictory pairs such as structure/agency and local/global! the student is introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over various issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Chris Jenks Structure\Agency - David F Walsh Continuity\Change - Fran Tonkiss Fact\Value - Sue Stedman-Jones Local\Global - Les Back Qualitative\Quantitative - David Silverman Normal\Pathological - Clive Seale Culture\Nature - Helen Thomas Relativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-Jones Public\Private - Don Slater Sex\Gender - Joanne Entwhistle Race\Ethnicity - Jean Popeau Idealism\Materialism - David F Walsh Nationalism\Internationalism - Josep Llobera Theory\Practice - Paul Filmer Civil\Political - Fran Tonkiss Active\Passive - Chris Jenks Subject\Object - David F Walsh Image\Text - Paul Filmer Needs\Wants - Don Slater Life\Death - Clive Seale High\Mass - Paul Filmer Modernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F Walsh Work\Leisure - Don Slater ...
