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Towards a Critical Sociology : an Essay on Commonsense and Imagination.

For the better part of its history sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the 'nature-like' character of society and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom. In this powerful and engaging work, first published in 1976, Professor Bauman outlines the historical roots...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bauman, Zygmunt
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Colección:Routledge revivals.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For the better part of its history sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the 'nature-like' character of society and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom. In this powerful and engaging work, first published in 1976, Professor Bauman outlines the historical roots of such a science and describes how the new trends in sociology emerging from phenomenology and existentialism do not challenge this preoccupation. Rather, he claims, they deepen and extend it by stressing the key role of commonsense, particularly the ways in which it is sustained and embedded in the routin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (113 pages).
ISBN:9780203855706
0203855701