The Sociology of Progress

Leslie Sklair (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-43682-3 (ISBN)

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Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. His thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970.

First published in 2002. Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. He took his BA (hons) in Sociology and Philosophy from Leeds University and his MA in Sociology from McMaster University in Canada. He received his PhD from LSE, and his thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970.

Sklair, Leslie

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part One: The history of the idea of progress, I. The roots of the idea of progress, II. Progress and the European enlightenment, III. Progress through order and progress through revolution: Comte and Marx, IV. Progress and evolution, V. The decline of optimism, VI. Progress as a contemporary problem, Part Two: A sociological theory of progress, VII. Two concepts of progress, VIII. The sociological ethic (1), IX. The sociological ethic (2), X. The search for functional requisites, XI. Needs, morals and society, XII. The sociological theory of progress and some criticisms, XIII. Progress and some problems of the sociology of science, XIV. Conclusion, References, Name index, Subject index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2007
Reihe/Serie	International Library of Sociology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-415-43682-6 / 0415436826
ISBN-13	978-0-415-43682-3 / 9780415436823
Zustand	Neuware