Public Sociology - From Social Facts to Literary Acts

Informationen zum Autor Ben Agger Klappentext Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. These articles primarily make advances in method, not substance. Drawing from Mills, critical theory and postmodernism, Agger develops a non-positivist version of sociological writing that is at once accessible and relevant to social problems. Zusammenfassung Examines the discourse of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. This work develops a non-positivist version of sociological writing that is accessible and relevant to social problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Sociology as Secret Writing: Lessons from Postmodernism Chapter 3 Learning Discipline Discursively Chapter 4 Beginning Science Chapter 5 Method as the Main Text Chapter 6 Concluding Science Chapter 7 "Maybe the Reviewer is Just Dense": Review and Revision as Argument Chapter 8 Was Sociology Always Like This? Chapter 9 Sociological Writing in the Wake of Postmodernism Chapter 10 Has Mainstream Sociology Gone Public?

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• Autori: Ben Agger, Ben/ Lemert Agger, Agger Ben
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.03.2007
• EAN: 9780742541061
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4106-1
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: New Social Formations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general