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Thoreau and the sociological imagination : the wilds of society / Shawn Chandler Bingham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bingham, Shawn Chandler, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Political and social views.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Social change.
- Sociology--Methodology.
- Sociology.
- Political and social views.
- United States--Social conditions.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 141 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]
- Summary:
- Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. By exploring Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as addressing mainstay Thoreauvian concerns such as the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Shawn Chandler Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination, challenging readers to reexamine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities.
- Contents:
- Disciplinary disobedience
- The seeds and fruit of thoreauvian thought
- Social structure and the American individual
- "Progress," social development, and social change
- Thoreau's social inquiry
- Thoreau as a model for "reimagining" sociology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ( pages 123-129) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780742560581
- 0742560589
- 9780742560598
- 0742560597
- OCLC:
- 156902234
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