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1015455
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b769825
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Fuller, Steve,1959-
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| Title & Author
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The new sociological imagination /\ Steve Fuller.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :: SAGE,, 2006.
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1 online resource (viii, 231 pages)
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0761947566
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: 0761947574
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: 1281240052
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: 1847877354
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: 9780761947561
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: 9780761947578
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: 9781281240057
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: 9781446216385
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: 9781446228432
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: 9781847877352
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: 9786611240059
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0761947566
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0761947574
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1: Desperately seeking sociology in the 21st century. Tales of the academic undead: the mysterious disappearance of society ; The social science at risk: a brief history of the stakes ; Socialism as the elusive synthesis at the heart of social science ; The problem of inheritance and socialism's ultimate retreat to naturalism ; Towards a renewal of welfare and the rediscovery of British sociology ; Interlude: today's Orwellian turn in social science -- pt. 2: The biological challenge to social science. The hidden biological past of classical social theory ; Making the difference between sociology and biology matter today ; Beware of Darwinists bearing leftist gifts: the struggle for Marx's successor ; Who (or what) deserves our sympathy? -- pt. 3: Humanity as the endangered species of our time. The coming world-historic struggle in science and religion ; Understanding the fundamentalist backlash against secularization ; Karma secularized: the Darwinian turn in development policy ; Might we become Nazis in paradise? -- Conclusion: Is there no escape from human nature? -- Glossary.
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| Abstract
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Steve Fuller examines the history of the social sciences covering most classic theorists and themes, to discover the key contributors to sociology and how relevant they remain today.
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Social sciences.
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Sociology.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sociologie.
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Philosophie
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.
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Social sciences.
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Sociology.
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Wissenssoziologie
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Zukunft
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Identiteitscrisis.
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Sociologie.
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| Dewey Classification
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301
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| LC Classification
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HM585.F85 2006eb
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71.01bcl
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MQ 1200rvk
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