New Directions in Sociology

Ieva Zake is an associate professor of sociology at Rowan University and has written on American Latvians and the formation of nationalism in Latvia. Michael DeCesare taught sociology at Merrimack College and his articles have appeared in Teaching Sociology, The American Sociologist, Social Biology, and other journals. He lives in Woodstock, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionIEVA ZAKE and MICHAEL DECESARE      PART I: THEORYSection One—Inspirations from the Past1. Hermeneutics and Sociology: Deepening the Interpretive PerspectiveISAAC REED and BENJAMIN LAMB-BOOKS      2. The Austrian School: Old Ideas in Economics and New Research Opportunities in SociologyJOSHUA MCCABE and BRIAN PITT      3. Karl Popper’s Criticism of Sociology: Renewing the Call for an Open SociologyIEVA ZAKE      Section Two—New Paths Forward4. Culture, Agency and the Means of Simulation: Critical Assessment of PostmodernismDAVID BOYNS      5. Consequences of Experience: The Place of Life Course and Biography in Theory FormulationKEITH KERR      6. Critical Space: Divisions, Ambiguities, and Conceptions of Space in Social TheoryPATRICIA SNELL      7. Finding Coherence in Sociology: (Finally!) A Foundational TheoryDEBBIE KASPER      PART II: METHODOLOGYSection Three—Tactical Innovations8. “Shut Up in Measureless Content”: Confronting the Measurement Problem in SociologyMICHAEL DECESARE      9. In Defense of Doing Nothing: The Methodological Utility of IntroversionPETER MOSKOS      Section Four—Strategic Approaches10. The Neglected Virtues of Comparative-Historical MethodsMIKAILA MARIEL LEMONIK ARTHUR      11. Autoethnography: The Sociological Through the PersonalNATALIA RUIZ-JUNCO and SALVADOR VIDAL-ORTIZ      12. Fictional Stories: A Method for Doing SociologyTODD SCHOEPFLIN and PETER KAUFMAN      ConclusionIEVA ZAKE and MICHAEL DECESARE      About the Contributors      Index

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