Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic PerspectiveDIVThe most popularly read, adapted, anthologized, and incorporated primer on sociology ever written for modern readers/divDIV /divDIVAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger lays the groundwork for a clear understanding of sociology in his straightforward introduction to the field, much loved by students, professors, and general readers. Berger aligns sociology in the humanist tradition—revealing its relationship to the humanities and philosophy—and establishes its importance in thinking critically about the modern world./divDIV /divDIVThroughout, Berger presents the contributions of some of the most important sociologists of the time, including Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Vilfredo Pareto, and Thorstein Veblen./div |
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... sociologists. This is frustrating for the sociologists, especially if they compare themselves with their more favored second cousins, the psychologists, who have pretty much taken over that sector of American humor that used to be ...
... sociologists. This is frustrating for the sociologists, especially if they compare themselves with their more favored second cousins, the psychologists, who have pretty much taken over that sector of American humor that used to be ...
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... Sociology is seen as an up-to-date variation on the classic American theme of “uplift.” The sociologist is understood as one professionally concerned with edifying activities on behalf of individuals and of the community at large. One ...
... Sociology is seen as an up-to-date variation on the classic American theme of “uplift.” The sociologist is understood as one professionally concerned with edifying activities on behalf of individuals and of the community at large. One ...
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... American sociologists today are employed by governmental agencies seeking to plan more livable communities for the nation. Other American sociologists are employed by governmental agencies concerned with wiping communities of hostile ...
... American sociologists today are employed by governmental agencies seeking to plan more livable communities for the nation. Other American sociologists are employed by governmental agencies concerned with wiping communities of hostile ...
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... sociologist and his trade is not altogether a product of fantasy. Beginning shortly after World War I, American sociology turned rather resolutely away from theory to an intensive preoccupation with narrowly circumscribed empirical ...
... sociologist and his trade is not altogether a product of fantasy. Beginning shortly after World War I, American sociology turned rather resolutely away from theory to an intensive preoccupation with narrowly circumscribed empirical ...
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... sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on. The prominence of statistical techniques in American sociology ...
... sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on. The prominence of statistical techniques in American sociology ...
Contents
Sociology as a Form of Consciousness | |
Alternation and Biography Or How to Acquire | |
Sociological PerspectiveMan in Society | |
Sociological PerspectiveSociety in | |
Sociological PerspectiveSociety as Drama | |
Sociological Machiavellianism and Ethics Or How | |
Sociology as a Humanistic Discipline | |
Bibliographical Comments | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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