The Promise of Sociology : : Classical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition / / Rob Beamish.
Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context. The second edition of this award-winning book has been substantially revised...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 2nd Edition |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One Why Think Sociologically?
- 1. Visions and Profiles of Students Today
- 2. Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology
- 3. The Light of Reason: Higher Education’s Challenges
- Part Two The Classical Tradition
- 4. Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations
- 5. Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity
- 6. From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society
- 7. Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts
- 8. Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action
- 9. The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World
- Part Three Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture
- 10. Culture and Critique
- 11. The Dialectics of Popular Culture
- 12. Rock ’n’ Roll as Complex Culture
- 13. The Promise of Sociology
- Glossary of Key Terms and Names
- Bibliography
- Index