Public Sociology From Social Facts to Literary Acts

by Agger, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780742541061
• ISBN10: 0742541061
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Ben Agger is professor of sociology and humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	p. ix
Preface to Second Edition	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Sociology as Secret Writing: Lessons from Postmodernism	p. 1
Learning Discipline Discursively	p. 23
Beginning Science	p. 53
Method as the Main Text	p. 95
Concluding Science	p. 143
"Maybe the Reviewer Is Just Dense": Review and Revision as Argument	p. 173
Was Sociology Always Like This?	p. 201
Sociological Writing in the Wake of Postmodernism	p. 237
Has Mainstream Sociology Gone Public?	p. 267
Appendix: Articles in the Sample	p. 287
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 303
About the Author	p. 317
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