The Sociological Ambition: Elementary Forms of Social and Moral Life (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) ISBN-13: 9780761965497

Author: Mellor, Philip A

Brand: SAGE Publications Ltd

Edition: 1

Format: Abridged

Number Of Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780761965497

Release Date: 19-10-2001

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches

Details: This book situates sociology in its historical, philosophical and theological contexts and examines how the founders of the discipline developed competing analyses of the processes elementary to social and moral life through their distinctive sociological contributions. Surveying a range of sociological analyses from Comte to feminism, postmodernism and rational choice theory, this book examines the various attempts that have been made to reconstruct the discipline over the last century, and the challenges facing it today. Individual chapters examine `Human Sociology′, `Sacred Sociology′, `Tragic Sociology′, `Heroic Sociology′ and `Normative Sociology′. The book moves on to discuss post-classical thought, and the attempted reconstruction o