Troubling Sociological Concepts: An Interrogation
Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as 'power', 'ideology', 'culture', 'social class', and even 'society'. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and their validity is difficult to assess. The chapte…
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- Full title :Troubling Sociological Concepts : An Interrogation / by Martyn Hammersley.
Summary
Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as 'power', 'ideology', 'culture', 'social class', and even 'society'. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and their validity is difficult to assess. The chapters in this book address several of the key terms employed by sociologists, examining the concepts associated with them in depth - from both an historical and an analytical perspective. The aim is not to develop an entirely new framework but rather to document the various meanings associated with these terms, and to suggest ways in which they could be refined or developed for the purposes of sociological analysis. Since the concepts addressed are of wide relevance, Troubling Sociological Concepts will be of interest and use to researchers and students across the social sciences.
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- Publication Date:2020.
- Edition:1st ed. 2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (XI, 239 p. :) : online resource.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783030516444, 303051644X
- oclc:on1203981673
- LC Classification:H1-970.9
- Dewey Decimal:300.1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Ideology -- 3. Culture -- 4. Society -- 5. Social Class -- 6. Sex and Gender -- 7. Ethnicity, Race, and Racism -- 8. Power -- 9. Values, Interests, Goals, and Attitudes. .
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