Taking it big : developing sociological consciousness in postmodern times /
Dandaneau, Steven P.
Taking it big : developing sociological consciousness in postmodern times / Steven P. Dandaneau. - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2001. - 1 online resource (289 pages)
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Sociology,or Imaginative Reflections from Empirically Damaged Life; Part I -- Developing an Orientation to Self and Society; Chapter 2 -- The Big Picture,or a Brief Survey of Our Dying World; Chapter 3 -- The Small Picture,or Yesterday's Dystopias as Today's Everyday Life; Chapter 4 -- Toward a Postmodern Sociological Imagination and a Sociological Imagination for Postmodern Times; Part II -- Applying the Sociological Imagination: Three Models; Chapter 5 -- A Wrong Child: Analyzing the Unanalyzable; Chapter 6 -- Generation X: A Phantom Subject. Chapter 7 -- Religion and Society: Of Gods and DemonsPart III -- The Social Forces Working against the Sociological Imagination; Chapter 8 -- The Degradation of the Public Sphere; Chapter 9 -- The End of History; Chapter 10 -- Sociology without Society; Part IV -- Looking Back,Looking Ahead; Epilogue: Sociology as Critical Theory of Society; A Personal Note; Index.
This book is intended as an accessible, current, and uncompromised introduction to what C Wright Mills called the sociological imagination. It explains and demonstrates the value of the sociological imagination vis-[gr]a-vis the demands of today's postmodern society, critically addresses the chief forces working against its development, and invites students to adopt this form of self-consciousness as their own.
9781452221984 (electronic bk.) 1452221987 (electronic bk.)
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Critical thinking.
Critical theory.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.
Sociology
Social Sciences
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
Pensée critique.
Théorie critique.
Postmodernisme--Aspect social.
sociology.
social sciences.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Critical theory.
Critical thinking.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM585 HM585.D36
301
Taking it big : developing sociological consciousness in postmodern times / Steven P. Dandaneau. - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2001. - 1 online resource (289 pages)
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Sociology,or Imaginative Reflections from Empirically Damaged Life; Part I -- Developing an Orientation to Self and Society; Chapter 2 -- The Big Picture,or a Brief Survey of Our Dying World; Chapter 3 -- The Small Picture,or Yesterday's Dystopias as Today's Everyday Life; Chapter 4 -- Toward a Postmodern Sociological Imagination and a Sociological Imagination for Postmodern Times; Part II -- Applying the Sociological Imagination: Three Models; Chapter 5 -- A Wrong Child: Analyzing the Unanalyzable; Chapter 6 -- Generation X: A Phantom Subject. Chapter 7 -- Religion and Society: Of Gods and DemonsPart III -- The Social Forces Working against the Sociological Imagination; Chapter 8 -- The Degradation of the Public Sphere; Chapter 9 -- The End of History; Chapter 10 -- Sociology without Society; Part IV -- Looking Back,Looking Ahead; Epilogue: Sociology as Critical Theory of Society; A Personal Note; Index.
This book is intended as an accessible, current, and uncompromised introduction to what C Wright Mills called the sociological imagination. It explains and demonstrates the value of the sociological imagination vis-[gr]a-vis the demands of today's postmodern society, critically addresses the chief forces working against its development, and invites students to adopt this form of self-consciousness as their own.
9781452221984 (electronic bk.) 1452221987 (electronic bk.)
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Critical thinking.
Critical theory.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.
Sociology
Social Sciences
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
Pensée critique.
Théorie critique.
Postmodernisme--Aspect social.
sociology.
social sciences.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Critical theory.
Critical thinking.
Postmodernism--Social aspects.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM585 HM585.D36
301