Sociology: The Basics

ISBN-13: 9780367745240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 302 str.

Ken Plummer

Opis

In this thoroughly revised and updated Third edition the reader is encouraged to think critically about the structures, meanings, histories and cultures found in the rapidly changing world we live in.

Spis treści

1. Imaginations: Acting in a World I Never Made  2. Theory: Thinking the Social  3. Societies: Living in the Twenty-First Century  4. History: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants  5. Questions: Cultivating Sociological Imaginations  6. Research: Critically Engaging with the Empirical Truth  7. Trouble: Suffering Inequalities  8. Vision: Creating Sociological Hope  9. Conclusion: Twenty-one Theses for a Sociological Imagination

O autorze

Ken Plummer is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, and is internationally known for his research on narrative, sexualities, citizenship, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and humanism. He is author of some 150 articles and 15 books, including the bestselling Sociology: A Global Introduction (with John Macionis, fifth edition, 2012). His most recent books include Cosmopolitan Sexualities (2015), Narrative Power (2019), and Critical Humanism (2021).