Public Sociology :: From Social Facts to Literary Acts.

Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. These articles primarily make advances in method, not substance. Drawing from Mills, critical theory and postmodernism,...

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Main Author: Agger, Ben
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. These articles primarily make advances in method, not substance. Drawing from Mills, critical theory and postmodernism, Agger develops a non-positivist version of sociological writing that is at once accessible and relevant to social problems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (584 pages)
ISBN:9781461641520
1461641527

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