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...

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