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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825919803321

Autore

Shilling Chris

Titolo

The sociological ambition : elementary forms of social and moral life / / Chris Shilling and Philip A. Mellor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

1-4462-1965-8

1-4462-3883-0

1-280-37006-8

9786610370061

1-4129-3348-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 237 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Altri autori (Persone)

MellorPhilip A

Disciplina

301/.09

Soggetti

Sociology - History

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Beginnings; Chapter 2 - Human Sociology; Chapter 3 - Sacred Sociology; Chapter 4 - Tragic Sociology; Chapter 5 - Heroic Sociology; Chapter 6 - Normative Sociology; Chapter 7 - Conflict Sociology; Chapter 8 - Feminist Sociology; Chapter 9 - 'Racial' Sociology; Chapter 10 - Rational Sociology; Chapter 11 - Post/Modern Sociology; Chapter 12 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shilling and Mellor argue that classical and contemporary social theories must be studied in relation to the ambition that shaped and established sociology from its earliest days as a scientific discipline.