Sociological Visions

by Erickson, Kai

• ISBN13: 9780847685097
• ISBN10: 0847685098
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

All of the essays are by authors whose sociological vision has had a profound impact on our culture.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Sociology as a Perspective	p. 3
Sociology as Science, Humanism, and Art	p. 17
The Two Faces of Social Science	p. 31
Disciplined Artfulness and the Human Sciences	p. 57
History and Sociological Imagining	p. 67
The Many Enchantments of Money	p. 83
Sociology and History: Terms of Endearment?	p. 95
Social Science: An Imperfect Art	p. 101
Toward a Broader Vision of Inner-City Poverty	p. 123
Race, Localism, and Urban Poverty	p. 153
Inner-City as Place	p. 163
Social Science and Social Policy: A Case Study of Overreaching	p. 169
Epilogue: Sociology as a Discipline	p. 185
Introduction	p. 219
De-gendering "Man of Science": The Genesis and Epicene Character of the Word Scientist	p. 225
On Robert Merton, Mary Somerville, and the Moral Authority of Science	p. 255
Strange Relation	p. 263
A Life of Learning	p. 275
About the Contributors	p. 297
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