Social Things

An Introduction to the Sociological Life

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In fifteen years, Charles Lemert's Social Things has become a much-loved modern classic among teachers, students, and many other readers for introducing the sociological imagination through lively, memorable stories and interpretations. This fifth edition is fresh: the history of sociology section is updated to incorporate new discussions of the way sociological ideas have spread into numerous other fields to inform the new post-disciplinary social theory; the book now includes original yet practically vivid presentations of globalization, queer theory, critical race theory, and much else; and an entirely new chapter, "Global Things on a Fragile Planet," addresses the environmental crises that challenge our global world. Lemert focuses on man-made disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in 2010 and natural tragedies like the 2011 earthquakes and tsunami in Japan in which the fragility of organized human life and the sociological incompetence of many social structures are dramatically illustrated.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-08-05
Mått153 x 231 x 15 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
Upplaga5
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442211629

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Charles Lemert is university professor and John C. Andrus Professor of Social Theory Emeritus at Wesleyan University and senior fellow of the Center for Comparative Research at Yale University. He is the author or editor of many books, including Why Niebuhr Matters, The Structural Lie, Globalization: A Reader (edited with Anthony Elliott, Daniel Chafee, and Eric Hsu), and The New Individualism (with Anthony Elliott).

Preface to the Fifth EditionIntroductionThe Sociological LifeChapter 1: Imagining Social Things, CompetentlyChapter 2: Personal Courage and Practical SociologiesChapter 3: Practicing the Discipline of Social ThingsSociologyChapter 4: Sociology and Lost Worlds of A New World Order: 1848 - 1920Chapter 5: Sociology Becomes a Science of Structures: 1920 - 1960Chapter 6: Sociology Reaches Out Into the World: 1968 - 2000sSocial ThingsChapter 7: The Mysterious Power of Social StructuresChapter 8: The Lively Subjects of Dead StructuresChapter 9: Well-Measured Lives in a World of DifferencesGlobal ThingsChapter 10: Global MethodsChapter 11: Global Things on a Fragile PlanetChapter 12: Living against the ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexAbout the Author