Hermann Strasser

The Normative Structure of Sociology

Conservative and Emancipatory Themes in Social Thought

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this provocative analysis of the central issues and developments in modern social theory, Dr Strasser contends that enquiry into the function, tasks and mission of sociology as a discipline can be understood only in relation to the subject's historical development. He believes that a discussion of the origin and intention of sociology, particularly in relation to the established social order, enables us to grasp fully the nature of sociological theory, both past and present. He maintains that a sociologist's own position in society, and consequently his views on its development and his way of expressing those views, will affect the theoretical position he takes up.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138989610
• ISBN-10: 1138989614
• Artikelnr.: 44973998

Inhaltsangabe

1. Guiding Interests of Cognition and Vocabularies of Social Explanation
Part 1. The Origins of Sociology: Its Intellectual and Social Matrix 2.
Setting the Sociological Stage 3. The Case of the Scottish Enlightenment 4.
French Social Criticism 5. The German Alternative Part 2. The Rise of
Modern Sociological Theory 6. The Functional Approach: The Problem of
Integration 7. The Conflict Theory of Society: A Theoretical Antithesis