Imagining Society: The Case for Sociology

di Daniel Nehring (Autore)

Dylan Kerrigan (Autore)

Bristol University Press, 2020

Re-examining C.Wright Mills’s legacy as a jumping off point, this original introduction to sociology illuminates global concepts, themes and practices that are fundamental to the discipline. It makes a case for the importance of developing a sociological imagination and provides the steps for how readers can do that. The unique text: • Offers succinct and wide-ranging coverage of many of the most important themes and concepts taught in first year sociology courses; • Has a global framework and case material which engages with decoloniality and critiques an overly white, western and developed world view of sociology; • Is woven through with contemporary examples, from social media to social inequality, big data to the self-help industry; • Rethinks and re-imagines what a critically committed, politically engaged and publicly relevant sociology should look like in the 21st century. This is a lively, engaging and accessible overview of sociology for all its students, teachers and people who want to learn more about sociology today. It is a welcome clarion call for sociology’s importance in public life.

• Autore: Daniel Nehring, Dylan Kerrigan
• Editore: Bristol University Press
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 172 mm
• EAN: 9781529204902

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