LEADER 03258nam 2200697 450 001 9910812075203321 005 20230123052701.0 010 $a1-4426-3406-5 010 $a1-4426-3407-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442634077 035 $a(cabnvsl)mat44528756 035 $a(cabnvsl)9781442634077 035 $a(CKB)4100000000863989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4931363 035 $a(DE-B1597)626589 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442634077 035 $a(OCoLC)999662212 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106983 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000863989 100 $a20170825h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe promise of sociology $eclassical approaches to contemporary society /$fRob Beamish 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aNorth York, Ontario ;$aTonawanda, New York :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (424 pages) 311 08$aPrint version 9781442634053 311 $a1-4426-3404-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface ; 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. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aUnlike 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. 606 $aSociology$vTextbooks 606 $aSociology$xPhilosophy$vTextbooks 606 $aPopular culture$vTextbooks 606 $aSociologie$vManuels d'enseignement supérieur 606 $aSociologie$xPhilosophie$vManuels d'enseignement supérieur 606 $aCulture populaire$vManuels d'enseignement supérieur 608 $aTextbooks. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSociology 615 0$aSociology$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPopular culture 615 6$aSociologie 615 6$aSociologie$xPhilosophie 615 6$aCulture populaire 676 $a301 686 $acci1icc$2lacc 686 $acoll13$2lacc 700 $aBeamish$b Rob$01631404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812075203321 996 $aThe promise of sociology$93970174 997 $aUNINA