{"product_id":"the-future-of-sociology-9781032045054","title":"The Future of Sociology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the shift in sociology away from the shared aspiration of the classical transition, of transcending partiality through the construction of a science of society, in the face of challenges to the notion of objectivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the increasing subjugation of sociology to political ideologies and a growing emphasis on policy, which casts sociology in the role of a provider of intellectual content for political programs, this volume asks whether the situation is the result of an exhaustion of ideas or might perhaps be rooted in the failure in the very program of establishing sociology as a science. Taking seriously the challenges to the classical aspiration of constructing theories that both explain and are grounded in empirical reality, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Future of Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e asks whether the core idea of transcending ideology is still worth pursuing, and whether there remains scope for making sociology scientific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs such, it will appeal to scholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: What is Sociology?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Sociology: Before the Origin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: \u003c\/b\u003eSociology in Search of Grounded Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: \u003c\/b\u003eSociology Today and the Classical Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Unity and Disunity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Social Sciences and Natural Sciences: Which Unit?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Lessons of Rational Choice Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: \u003c\/b\u003eMiddle-Range Theories and the Unification Problem in Social Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: \u003c\/b\u003eRunning from Madness?: Sociology’s Dread of the Irrational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Objectivity or Ideology?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 : Sociology as a Profession in a Post-Truth World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom Luhmann to Esser: On Changing Intellectual Dominance in German Mainstream Sociology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: \u003c\/b\u003eRationalization, Science, and Politics: A Sociological Fable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11\u003cstrong\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Two Parts of Sociological Objectivity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018810065239,"sku":"9781032045054","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032045054.jpg?v=1750778231","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-future-of-sociology-9781032045054","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}