Title The Decomposition of Sociology

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages) Contents Introduction -- I: The Decomposition of Sociology -- 1. The Decomposition of Sociology -- 2. Disenthralling Sociology -- 3. Sociology and Subjectivity -- 4. Fascism, Communism, and Social Theory -- 5. From Socialism to Sociology -- 6. Scientific Access and Political Constraints -- 7. Public Choice and the Sociological Imagination -- 8. Social Contexts and Cultural Canons -- II: The Reconstruction of Social Science -- 9. Reconstructing the Social Sciences -- 10. Human Life, Political Domination, and Social Science -- 11. Policy Research in a Post-Sociological Environment 12. Prediction and Paradox in Society -- 13. Freedom, Planning, and the Moral Order -- 14. Social Disputations and Moral Implications -- 15. Social Science and the Great Tradition -- 16. Social Science as the Third Culture -- Notes -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z Summary This controversial treatise argues that sociology has declined as an academic discipline. The author describes how sociologists have become more involved in ideological critiques of modern society and, in the process, have abandoned the objective approach which was a mainstay of the field Notes English Print version record Subject Sociology -- Study and teaching -- United States Sociology -- United States -- History Sociology Sociology -- Study and teaching United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199729319 019972931X 1280527676 9781280527678 1429406003 9781429406000

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