Sociology - Methodology, Social Sciences - Methodology, Academic & Research Paper Writing, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Public Sociology, Second Edition, looks at sociology as a social act and argues for a sociology that can more fully embrace and address crucial public issues. Building on the philosophy of science and recent postmodernist critiques, Ben Agger shows how social science texts reproduce the existing social world. But rather than dwelling on recent critiques, this book looks ahead to a new way of doing science-one that is simultaneously more scientific and humanistic. Its prescient view of how social science can take the lead in building a more democratic public sphere will make it valuable reading for every scholar.Editorials
Quantitative Sociology
Not only does Agger exorcise the living ghosts who write sociology and regulate its institutional network, he lays bare for all to see, the carefully hidden secrets of the discipline. Such an analysis offers a bold critique of those of us who practice sociology professionally. It forces us to face up to and figure out what is important and unimportant in what we do.Those not enraged by this book will laugh themselves silly, when, like us, they are not choking back the tears of their own embarrassment.
— Charles Lemert and Audrey Sprenger
Book Details
Published
May 28, 2000
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000.
Pages
320
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780847698417