The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory

ISBN-13: 9781032386232 / Twarda / 2023 / 208 str.

Canada) McVeigh Ryan (Lakehead University

Opis

The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory explores the role that understandings of mind and brain played in the development of sociological theory.

Recenzje

'In this engaging and accessible book, Ryan McVeigh performs the great service of systematically connecting current cognitive science to the largely buried and forgotten cognitive thinking of the classical sociologists, and in doing so returns cognition to its central place in the sociological tradition.' - Stephen Turner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida, USA

Spis treści

1. The Neurosociology of Auguste Comte  2. Subject, Object, Extension: Karl Marx and Distributed Cognition  3. The Ideal Brain: Reality, Concepts, and Expectation in Max Weber 4. Disciplined Cognition: Sense, Reason, and Morality in Émile Durkheim  5. The Body in Mind: Mead’s Embodied Cognition  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Ryan McVeigh is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lakehead University, Orillia. His research highlights the tensions and congruencies between sociology and cognitive science, specifically by exploring how understandings of cognition grounded the production of classic social theory. He is currently Chair of the Cognitive Sociology research cluster with the Canadian Sociological Association.