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This book is intended as an accessible, current, and uncompromised introduction to what C Wright Mills called the sociological imagination. It explains and demonstrates the value of the sociological imagination vis-[gr]a-vis the demands of today's postmodern society, critically addresses the ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dandaneau, Steven P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2001.
Temas:
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Critical thinking.
Critical theory.
Postmodernism > Social aspects.
Sociology
Social Sciences
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
Pensée critique.
Théorie critique.
Postmodernisme > Aspect social.
sociology.
social sciences.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
critical theory (sociological concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Critical theory
Critical thinking
Postmodernism > Social aspects
Social sciences
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
  • Sociology,or Imaginative Reflections from Empirically Damaged Life; Part I
  • Developing an Orientation to Self and Society; Chapter 2
  • The Big Picture,or a Brief Survey of Our Dying World; Chapter 3
  • The Small Picture,or Yesterday's Dystopias as Today's Everyday Life; Chapter 4
  • Toward a Postmodern Sociological Imagination and a Sociological Imagination for Postmodern Times; Part II
  • Applying the Sociological Imagination: Three Models; Chapter 5
  • A Wrong Child: Analyzing the Unanalyzable; Chapter 6
  • Generation X: A Phantom Subject.
  • Chapter 7
  • Religion and Society: Of Gods and DemonsPart III
  • The Social Forces Working against the Sociological Imagination; Chapter 8
  • The Degradation of the Public Sphere; Chapter 9
  • The End of History; Chapter 10
  • Sociology without Society; Part IV
  • Looking Back,Looking Ahead; Epilogue: Sociology as Critical Theory of Society; A Personal Note; Index.

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