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Book SynopsisAn important new appraisal of Alvin W. Gouldner, one of the 20th century's most important activist sociologists. Gouldner (1920-1980) was a leading sociologist of his era who provided groundbreaking analyses in the areas of industrial sociology, critical sociological theory, ideology, reciprocity and class analysis. In Confronting Gouldner, Chriss confronts the larger issue of the place of critical theory, and specifically Marxism, in framing the perspective of sociology as political activism.
Trade ReviewPraise for Social Control "The author is widely read in the field of social control, and is to be commended for his coverage of a broad range of material … [T]he connections among disparate literatures reflect insight and originality. The quality of the content is excellent – I thoroughly enjoyed reading it." —John DeLamater, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Praise for Social Control "The author is widely read in the field of social control, and is to be commended for his coverage of a broad range of material
[T]he connections among disparate literatures reflect insight and originality. The quality of the content is excellent I thoroughly enjoyed reading it." John DeLamater, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Table of ContentsForeword by Richard Lee Deaton The Two Masks of Alvin Ward Gouldner: Angry Outsider and Intellectual Street Fighter – Reflections of an Undutiful Son Acknowledgments 1. The Classics and Beyond 2. Intellectuals and Radical Sociology 3. Crime and Deviance 4. Bourdieu and Reflexive Sociology 5. Radical Politics and Soviet Sociology 6. Religion and Critical Theory 7. Social Justice, Politics, and Religion 8. Locals, Cosmopolitans, and the Politics of a Global Humanity 9. Mao and the Communist Horizon References Index
