Core Sociological Dichotomies - Brossura

Jenks, Chris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803979797 ISBN 13: 9780803979796

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998

Riassunto

In this sociology text the contributors provide an introduction to the subject without over-simplifying or `writing-down' to their audience. The book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to develop a self-perpetuating sociological imagination to enable them to think through new issues and new problems.

It consists of a series of specially commissioned chapters around binary or dichotomous themes. Although many sociologists are critical of dichotomous models of sociological theory and research, the device crops up again and again in the history and practice of the subject. Jenks and his colleagues use the dichotomies to situate students in curren

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Recensione:

`Chris Jenks and his colleagues from the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, London, have compiled an impressive contribution to a growing body of literature associated with the relatively recent resurgence of interest in sociology and sociological theory.... All in all this is a successful text that will almost certainly be extensively used by undergraduates and their teachers. Jenks and his colleagues have produced what amounts to a high-quality introduction to significant empirical concerns in sociology, and to the core theoretical concepts and themes that relate closely to the revitalization and development of the discipline.' - British Journal of Sociology

Contenuti:

Introduction - Chris Jenks
Structure\Agency - David F Walsh
Continuity\Change - Fran Tonkiss
Fact\Value - Sue Stedman-Jones
Local\Global - Les Back
Qualitative\Quantitative - David Silverman
Normal\Pathological - Clive Seale
Culture\Nature - Helen Thomas
Relativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-Jones
Public\Private - Don Slater
Sex\Gender - Joanne Entwhistle
Race\Ethnicity - Jean Popeau
Idealism\Materialism - David F Walsh
Nationalism\Internationalism - Josep Llobera
Theory\Practice - Paul Filmer
Civil\Political - Fran Tonkiss
Active\Passive - Chris Jenks
Subject\Object - David F Walsh
Image\Text - Paul Filmer
Needs\Wants - Don Slater
Life\Death - Clive Seale
High\Mass - Paul Filmer
Modernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F Walsh
Work\Leisure - Don Slater

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• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0803979797
• ISBN 13: 9780803979796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 444