Foundations of Sociology

Towards a Better Understanding of the Human World

Richard Jenkins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

179 Seiten

2002
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-96050-9 (ISBN)

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This book argues that the foundations of sociology - key concepts which are necessary to all sociology, from whatever perspective - have become taken-for-granted and require re-assessment. Focusing on society, culture, the individual, and collectivity, the author builds a powerful case for an overhaul of these basic concepts, offering a unified model of the subject matter of sociology as 'the human world' - understood as individual, interactional and institutional orders - which is part of the 'natural world'. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this is a powerful restatement of the value of sociological sense as a necessary critique of common sense, and its relevance to an audience far beyond academia.

RICHARD JENKINS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. He has done field research in Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Denmark. His previous books include Lads, Citizens and Ordinary Kids (1983), Racism and Recruitment (1986), Pierre Bourdieu (1992), Social Identity (1996) and Rethinking Ethnicity (1997).

Foundations of Sociology
What is Sociology?
Society and Culture
The Human World
Exploring the Human World
The Human World and the Natural World
Why Sociology Matters
Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.6.2002
Sprache	englisch
Maße	126 x 204 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-333-96050-5 / 0333960505
ISBN-13	978-0-333-96050-9 / 9780333960509
Zustand	Neuware