Social things : an introduction to the sociological life / Charles Lemert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemert, Charles C., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Sociology--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 223 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

In this new, revised, and updated edition. Lemert continues the narrative that made Social Things a best seller among sociologists and a favorite among students. In an entirely new chapter, he opens the sociological imagination to new global realities -- a topic much debated by sociologists today. What they and politicians call globalization is lived by people all over the world who seek and often fail to find a better life. The new chapter, called "Global Methods", shows just how both practical and professional sociologies -- apart from sharing so much in common -- share also the necessity of rethinking the methods by which people figure out what "globalization" means in their lives.

Contents:

The Sociological Life

1 Imagining Social Things, Competently 1

2 Personal Courage and Practical Sociologies 12

3 Practicing the Discipline of Social Things 31

Sociology

4 Lost Worlds and Modern Sociology 47

5 Sociology and the New World Order: 1848-1920 59

6 Sociology Becomes the Science of Worldly Structures: 1920-1960 77

7 Sociology Discovers Its Complicated Vocation: After 1960 94

Social Things

8 The Mysterious Power of Social Structures 113

9 The Lively Subjects of Dead Structures 136

10 Well-Measured Lives in a World of Differences 156

11 Global Methods 176

12 Living against the Conclusion 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.

ISBN:

074251580X

OCLC:

46872276