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Book SynopsisIn this book, leading sociologists expand the scope of their discipline by revealing the sociological aspects of the works of great philosophers, scientists, and writers.
Sociologists have long recognized that sociological insight can be gleaned from creative thinkers outside their formal discipline.
Trade ReviewRead this book for pleasure. It is a reassuring reminder that sociology has had a greater impact than its defenders sometimes realize. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *
Table of ContentsPreface CHAPTER 1. Introduction Christofer Edling and Jens Rydgren
Part I. Sociological Illustrations CHAPTER 2. William Shakespeare: On Social Stratification Hiroshi Ono CHAPTER 3. Plato: Seven Sociological Ideas for the Happy Life Guillermina Jasso CHAPTER 4. Franz Kafka: Bureaucracy, Law, and Abuses of the "Iron Cage" Joachim J. Savelsberg CHAPTER 5. Marcel Proust: On Social Status and Capital Forms Jens Rydgren CHAPTER 6. George Orwell: From Democratic Revolution to Authoritarian Rule Karl-Dieter Opp CHAPTER 7. Robert Musil: State, Nation, and Nationality Helmut Kuzmics CHAPTER 8. August Strindberg: Forms of Interaction Christofer Edling CHAPTER 9. Henrik Ibsen: The Power of Charisma Fredrik Engelstad CHAPTER 10. Chinua Achebe: Colonial Anomie Wendy Griswold
Part II. Sociological Concepts CHAPTER 11. Ernst Cassirer: Science, Symbols, and Logics John W. Mohr CHAPTER 12. Cicero: Persons and Positions Lars Udehn CHAPTER 13. Charles Darwin: Selfishness and Altruism Wendelin Reich CHAPTER 14. François Rabelais: Materiality and Culture Emily Erikson CHAPTER 15. Émile Zola: Seductions and Emancipations of Consumption Helena Flam CHAPTER 16. Fyodor Dostoevsky: On Extreme Political Violence Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom and Joshua Thurston-Milgrom CHAPTER 17. Goethe: The Ambivalence of Modernity and the Faustian Ethos of Personality Hans-Peter Müller
Part III. Meta Sociology CHAPTER 18. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck: At the Intersection of Sociocultural Worlds Karen A. Cerulo and Janet M. Ruane CHAPTER 19. Dante Alighieri: The Afterworlds Are Hell for Sociologists Peter Bearman CHAPTER 20. Galileo Galilei: Which Road to Scientific Innovation? Roberto Franzosi CHAPTER 21. Jorge Luis Borges: Reduction of Social Complexity Filippo Barbera CHAPTER 22. Isaac Asimov: Impacting and Predicting Sociocultural Change Kathleen M. Carley CHAPTER 23. Alfred North Whitehead: From Universal Algebra to Universal Sociology Thomas J. Fararo CHAPTER 24. Kurt Vonnegut: From Semicolons to Apocalypses Barry Markovsky CHAPTER 25. Jonathan Swift: Political Satire and the Public Sphere Gary Alan Fine
Part IV. Sociological Foundations CHAPTER 26. Baruch Spinoza: Monism and Complementarity Ronald L. Breiger CHAPTER 27. Isaiah Berlin: On the Sociology of Freedom Margareta Bertilsson CHAPTER 28. Bertrand Russell: Insights on Power David Willer CHAPTER 29. Immanuel Kant: An Analytic Grammar for the Relation between Cognition and Action John Levi Martin CHAPTER 30. John Dewey: The Sociology of Action Christopher Muller and Christopher Winship CHAPTER 31. Charles Sanders Peirce: On the Sociology of Thinking Richard Swedberg CHAPTER 32. Thomas Hobbes: On Generating Social Order Mohammed Cherkaoui CHAPTER 33. Jean Piaget: Sociology Beyond Holism and Individualism Omar Lizardo
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