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Foundations of Sociology
Towards a Better Understanding of the Human World
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This book argues that the foundations of sociology - key concepts which are necessary to all sociology, from whatever perspective - have become taken-for-granted and require re-assessment. Focusing on society, culture, the individual, and collectivity, the author builds a powerful case for an overhaul of these basic concepts, offering a unified model of the subject matter of sociology as 'the human world' - understood as individual, interactional and institutional orders - which is part of the 'natural world'. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this is a powerful restatement of the value of sociological sense as a necessary critique of common sense, and its relevance to an audience far beyond academia.
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Index
179
society,
concept
of,
3,
40–7,
47–51,
54–62,
63,
66,
134–8,
142–3
sociology:
defined,
14,
29–31,
140–1;
generic,
14,
22–7,
139–40,
146–7;
historical
development
of,
17–20;
overview
of,
15–38;
uses
of,
20–2,
24–5,
85–9,
103,
139–56
Spencer,
H.,
25
structuration
debate,
46
structure,
social,
46,
78–9,
81
symbolic
interactionism,
26
symbolism,
5,
82
systematic
inquiry,
85–110
Thatcher,
M.,
42
theory:
necessity
for
sociology,
31–8;
relationship
to
research,
2,
98–9
Thomas,
W.
I.,
60,
90
time,
as
a
sense
of
‘the
present’,
6,
83
Tönnies,
F.,
19
truth
claims,
93–4,
95
Turner,
B.
S.,
4,
113,
135,
149
Tylor,
E.
B.,
54
‘unconscious’,
the,
relevance
to
sociology,
78
Urry,
J.,
39,
59–61,
147
uses
of
sociology,
20–2,
24–5,
85–9,
103,
139–56
validity
in
sociological
research,
98–104
Walby,
S.,
128
Wallace,
A.
F.
C.,
50
Weber,
M.,
9,
19,
21,
25,
26,
32,
60,
78,
80,
82
witchcraft
persecutions
in
early
modern
Europe,
33–5,
135
world
of
humans
see
‘human
world’
writing,
sociological
style
of,
2,
13–14,
36–7,
151–2
Table of contents
- Cover
- Preface
- One Foundations of Sociology
- Two What is Sociology?
- Three Society and Culture
- Four The Human World
- Five Exploring the Human World
- Six The Human World and the Natural World
- Seven Why Sociology Matters
- Notes
- Index