Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination The Wilds of Society

by Bingham, Shawn Chandler

• ISBN13: 9780742560598
• ISBN10: 0742560597
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. By exploring Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as addressing mainstay Thoreauvian concerns such as the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Shawn Chandler Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination, challenging readers to reexamine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Shawn Chandler Bingham is assistant professor of sociology at Saint Leo University in Florida

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Chronology	p. xiii
Disciplinary Disobedience	p. 1
The Seeds and Fruit of Thoreauvian Thought	p. 13
Social Structures and the American Individual	p. 37
"Progress," Social Development, and Social Change	p. 65
Thoreau's Social Inquiry	p. 99
Thoreau as a Model for "Reimagining" Sociology	p. 111
Bibliography	p. 123
Index	p. 131
About the Author	p. 141
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