03258nam 2200697 450 991081207520332120230123052701.01-4426-3406-51-4426-3407-310.3138/9781442634077(cabnvsl)mat44528756(cabnvsl)9781442634077(CKB)4100000000863989(MiAaPQ)EBC4931363(DE-B1597)626589(DE-B1597)9781442634077(OCoLC)999662212(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106983(EXLCZ)99410000000086398920170825h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe promise of sociology classical approaches to contemporary society /Rob BeamishSecond edition.North York, Ontario ;Tonawanda, New York :University of Toronto Press,2016.©20161 online resource (424 pages)Print version 9781442634053 1-4426-3404-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface ; Introduction ; Part One Why Think Sociologically?; Chapter 1 Visions and Profiles of Students Today ; Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology ; Chapter 3 The Light of Reason: Higher Education's Challenges; Part Two The Classical Tradition ; Chapter 4 Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations; Chapter 5 Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity ; Chapter 6 From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society ; Chapter 7 Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts.Chapter 8 Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action Chapter 9 The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World; Part Three Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture; Chapter 10 Culture and Critique ; Chapter 11 The Dialectics of Popular Culture ; Chapter 12 Rock 'n' Roll as Complex Culture ; Chapter 13 The Promise of Sociology ; Glossary of Key Terms and Names; Bibliography ; Index.Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.SociologyTextbooksSociologyPhilosophyTextbooksPopular cultureTextbooksSociologieManuels d'enseignement supérieurSociologiePhilosophieManuels d'enseignement supérieurCulture populaireManuels d'enseignement supérieurTextbooks.Electronic books. SociologySociologyPhilosophyPopular cultureSociologieSociologiePhilosophieCulture populaire301cci1icclacccoll13laccBeamish Rob1631404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812075203321The promise of sociology3970174UNINA