Towards a Critical Sociology : An Essay on Commonsense and Imagination

ISBN-13: 9780415573108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 120 str.

Zygmunt Bauman;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

For the better part of its history sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the 'nature-like' character of society - and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom. In this work, Bauman outlines the historical roots of such a science.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Science of Unfreedom  1. Second nature’ Defined  2. ‘Second nature’ Deified  3. ‘Second Nature’ and the Commonsense Part 2: Critique of Sociology  4. The Husserlian Revolution  5. The Existentialist Restoration  6. ‘Second Nature’ Vindicated  Part 3: Critique of Unfreedom  7. Technical and Emancipatory Reason  8. ‘Second Nature’ Seen Historically  9. Can Critical Sociology be a Science?  10.Truth and Authentication.

O autorze

Bauman, Zygmunt