Thoreau and the sociological imagination : the wilds of society /

Bingham, Shawn Chandler, 1976-

Thoreau and the sociological imagination : the wilds of society / Shawn Chandler Bingham. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xvi, 141 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.

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.

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Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. Shawn Chandler Bingham explores the philosopher's sophisticated insights on individual-society relationships, social change, and American notions of progress. This is a landmark book which encourages readers to re-examine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and humanities.


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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Political and social views.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862
Thoreau, Henry David.


Social change.
Sociology--Methodology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Political and social views.
Social change.
Social conditions
Sociology--Methodology.
Soziologie


United States--Social conditions.
États-Unis--Conditions sociales.
United States.


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