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What use is sociology?: conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester

By Keith , Bauman , Zygmunt;Jacobsen , Michael Hviid;Tester

Book information

Publisher
Wiley;Polity
Year
2014
ISBN
9780745679884, 9780745671246, 0745671241, 9780745671253, 074567125X, 0745679889
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
161 kB (165264 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

What is sociology? -- Why do sociology? -- How to do sociology? -- What does sociology achieve?;What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short book by one of the world's leading thinkers offers a passionate, engaging and important statement of the need for sociology. In a series of conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester, Zygmunt Bauman explains why sociology is necessary if we hope to live fully human lives. But the kind of sociology he advocates is one which.

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