The New Pragmatist Sociology : : Inquiry, Agency, and Democracy / / ed. by Isaac Ariail Reed, Neil L. Gross, Christopher Winship.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Aviles, Natalie B.,; Brown, Karida L.,; Brown, Karida,; Cefai, Daniel,; Cefaï, Daniel,; Elfakhani, Mazen,; Flores, Luis,; Gross, Neil,; Huebner, Daniel R.,; Huebner, Daniel,; Hughes, Cayce,; Lichterman, Paul,; Martin, John Levi,; Mische, Ann,; Pamphile, Vontrese,; Parker, Jeffrey,; Reed, Isaac Ariail,; Silbey, Susan S.,; Silbey, Susan,; Silver, Daniel,; Small, Mario L.,; Small, Mario,; Tavory, Iddo,; Timmermans, Stefan,; Vincent, Luna,; Whitford, Josh,; Winship, Christopher,
• HerausgeberIn: Gross, Neil L.,; Reed, Isaac Ariail,; Winship, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Pragmatist thought is central to sociology. However, sociologists typically encounter pragmatism indirectly, as a philosophy of science or as an influence on canonical social scientists, rather than as a vital source of theory, research questions, and methodological reflection in sociology today.In The New Pragmatist Sociology, Neil Gross, Isaac Ariail Reed, and Christopher Winship assemble a range of sociologists to address essential ideas in the field and their historical and theoretical connection to classical pragmatism. The book examines questions of methodology, social interaction, and politics across the broad themes of inquiry, agency, and democracy. Essays engage widely and deeply with topics that motivate both pragmatist philosophy and sociology, including rationality, speech, truth, expertise, and methodological pluralism.Contributors include Natalie Aviles, Karida Brown, Daniel Cefaï, Mazen Elfakhani, Luis Flores, Daniel Huebner, Cayce C. Hughes, Paul Lichterman, John Levi Martin, Ann Mische, Vontrese D. Pamphile, Jeffrey N. Parker, Susan Sibley, Daniel Silver, Mario Small, Iddo Tavory, Stefan Timmermans, Luna White, and Joshua Whitford.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Pragmatist Sociology histories and possibilities -- PART I. Inquiry -- 2. What Sociologists Should Get Out of Pragmatism -- 3. Self-Reflection and Social Responsibility in Research" lessons from early pragmatist historical investigations -- 4. Problem Situation Misassessment and the Financial Crisis -- 5. Pragmatism, Aesthetics, and Sociology -- 6. Disambiguating Dewey; or Why Pragmatist Action Theory Neither Needs Nor Asks Paradigmatic Privilege -- PART II. Agency -- 7. Problem-Solving in Action: a Peirceian account -- 8. Projective and Responsive Creativity Among On-Demand Workers -- 9. Words Versus Actions in the Network Behavior of Low-Income African Americans -- 10. Scientific Innovation as Environed Social Learning -- 11. Why Do Biologists and Chemists Do Safety Differently? the reproduction of cultural variation through pragmatic regulation -- PART III. Democracy -- 12. Accidental Discovery and the Pragmatist Theory of Action: The emergence of a boston police and black ministers partnership -- 13. Pragmatist Comparative-Historical Sociology -- 14. American Pragmatism and the Dilemma of the Negro -- 15. The Public Arena a pragmatist concept of the public sphere -- 16. Finding the Future in Pragmatist Thought: imagination, teleologies, and public deliberation -- INDEX