The Sociological Ambition : Elementary Forms of Social and Moral Life.

By: Shilling, ChrisContributor(s): Mellor, Philip AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Published in association with Theory, Culture & SocietyPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781412933483Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Sociological Ambition : Elementary Forms of Social and Moral LifeDDC classification: 301.09 LOC classification: HM435.S55Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Classical Sociology -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 Human Sociology -- 3 Sacred Sociology -- 4 Tragic Sociology -- 5 Heroic Sociology -- 6 Normative Sociology -- Part II. Post-Classical Sociology -- 7 Conflict Sociology -- 8 Feminist Sociology -- 9 'Racial' Sociology -- 10 Rational Sociology -- 11 Post/modern Sociology -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book situates sociology in its historical, philosophical and theological contexts and examines how the founders of the discipline developed competing analyses of the processes elementary to social and moral life through their distinctive sociological contributions. Surveying a range of sociological analyses from Comte to feminism, postmodernism and rational choice theory, this book examines the various attempts that have been made to reconstruct the discipline over the last century, and the challenges facing it today. Individual chapters examine `Human Sociology', `Sacred Sociology', `Tragic Sociology', `Heroic Sociology' and `Normative Sociology'. The book moves on to discuss post-classical thought, and the attempted reconstruction o.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Classical Sociology -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 Human Sociology -- 3 Sacred Sociology -- 4 Tragic Sociology -- 5 Heroic Sociology -- 6 Normative Sociology -- Part II. Post-Classical Sociology -- 7 Conflict Sociology -- 8 Feminist Sociology -- 9 'Racial' Sociology -- 10 Rational Sociology -- 11 Post/modern Sociology -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book situates sociology in its historical, philosophical and theological contexts and examines how the founders of the discipline developed competing analyses of the processes elementary to social and moral life through their distinctive sociological contributions. Surveying a range of sociological analyses from Comte to feminism, postmodernism and rational choice theory, this book examines the various attempts that have been made to reconstruct the discipline over the last century, and the challenges facing it today. Individual chapters examine `Human Sociology', `Sacred Sociology', `Tragic Sociology', `Heroic Sociology' and `Normative Sociology'. The book moves on to discuss post-classical thought, and the attempted reconstruction o.

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