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Author Shilling, Chris.

Title The sociological ambition : elementary forms of social and moral life / Chris Shilling and Philip A. Mellor
Published London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (237 pages)
Series Theory, culture & society
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Beginnings; Chapter 2 -- Human Sociology; Chapter 3 -- Sacred Sociology; Chapter 4 -- Tragic Sociology; Chapter 5 -- Heroic Sociology; Chapter 6 -- Normative Sociology; Chapter 7 -- Conflict Sociology; Chapter 8 -- Feminist Sociology; Chapter 9 -- 'Racial' Sociology; Chapter 10 -- Rational Sociology; Chapter 11 -- Post/Modern Sociology; Chapter 12 -- Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary In a comprehensive reassessment of the field, Chris Shilling and Philip A Mellor examine the various attempts that have been made to reconstruct sociology over the last century, arguing that classical and contemporary social theories must be studied in relation to the ambition that first shaped and established the discipline
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sociology -- History.
Ethics.
Ethics
ethics (philosophy)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Ethics
Sociology
Sociologie.
Theorieën.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Mellor, Philip A
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