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9780803979796

Core Sociological Dichotomies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803979796

  • ISBN10:

    0803979797

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-08-24
  • Publisher: Sage Publications

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Summary

In this sociology text the contributors provide an introduction to the subject without over-simplifying or 'writing-down' to their audience. The book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to develop a self-perpetuating sociological imagination to enable them to think through new issues and new problems.It consists of a series of specially commissioned chapters around binary or dichotomous themes. Although many sociologists are critical of dichotomous models of sociological theory and research, the device crops up again and again in the history and practice of the subject. Jenks and his colleagues use the dichotomies to situate students in current sociological arguments and topical debates. For example, by examining contradictory pairs of concepts like structure/agency, local/global, continuity/change, students are introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over a whole series of issues.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction
1(7)
Chris Jenks
Structure/Agency
8(26)
David F. Walsh
Continuity/Change
34(15)
Fran Tonkiss
Fact/Value
49(14)
Sue Stedman-Jones
Local/Global
63(15)
Les Back
Qualitative/Quantitative
78(18)
David Silverman
Normal/Pathological
96(14)
Clive Seale
Culture/Nature
110(13)
Helen Thomas
Relativism/Absolutism
123(15)
Sue Stedman-Jones
Public/Private
138(13)
Don Slater
Sex/Gender
151(15)
Joanne Entwistle
Race/Ethnicity
166(13)
Jean Popeau
Idealism/Materialism
179(29)
David F. Walsh
Nationalism/Internationalism
208(19)
Josep R. Llobera
Theory/Practice
227(19)
Paul Filmer
Civil/Political
246(15)
Fran Tonkiss
Active/Passive
261(14)
Chris Jenks
Subject/Object
275(24)
David F. Walsh
Image/Text
299(16)
Paul Filmer
Needs/Wants
315(14)
Don Slater
Life/Death
329(16)
Clive Seale
High/Mass
345(18)
Paul Filmer
Modernity/Postmodernity
363(28)
Helen Thomas
David F. Walsh
Work/Leisure
391(14)
Don Slater
References 405(22)
Name index 427(4)
Subject index 431

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