In spite of its widespread use within criminology, the term criminological imagination, as derived from C. Wright Mills classic The Sociological Imagination, has yet to be fully developed and clarified as an analytic concept capable of guiding theorizing or empirical enquiry. This volume, with a preface by Elliot Currie, engages with and reflects on this concept, exploring C. Wright Mills work for criminological enquiry. Bringing together the latest work of leading scholars in the fields of criminology and sociology from around the world, C. Wright Mills and the Criminological Imagination...
In spite of its widespread use within criminology, the term criminological imagination, as derived from C. Wright Mills classic The Sociological Imagi...
This book illuminates an important dimension of the work of Max Weber. Webera s theory of meaning and modernity is articulated through an understanding of his account of the way in which the pursuit of meaning in the modern world has been shaped by the loss of Western religion and how such pursuit gives sense to the phenomena of human suffering and death. Through a close, scholarly reading of Webera s extensive writings and Vocation Lectures, the author explores the concepts of a paradoxa and a brotherlinessa as found in Webera s work, in order to offer an original exposition of Webera s...
This book illuminates an important dimension of the work of Max Weber. Webera s theory of meaning and modernity is articulated through an understandin...
In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with the same objects: social relationships, action, motivation, social constraints and relationships, for example. As such, sociologists have always been fascinated with fictional literature. This book reinvigorates the debate surrounding the utility of fiction as a sociological resource, examining the distinction between the two forms of writing and exploring the views of early sociologists on the suitability of subjecting literary sources to sociological analysis. Engaging with...
In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with the same objects: social relationshi...
Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of psychiatry, a discipline that is now able to identify and treat mental illnesses that have always existed, or might it be the case that modern life somehow creates new conditions, or social pathologies? This book argues that in fact something more fundamental has been taking place in recent years: the development of diagnostic cultures. Taking account of the phenomenon of patients themselves...
Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should th...
