In a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the relationship between sociology and cultural studies, Gregor McLennan lucidly guides us from central philosophical questions in the social sciences to new interpretations of such urgent contemporary questions as Eurocentrism, multiculturalism, and reflexivity. The author offers a range of closely linked arguments concerning the viability of the 'idea of sociology', the development of cultural studies, and the balance between positivity and reflexivity in setting the right kind of 'mood music' for progressive intellectual work.
Author(s): Gregor McLennan
Edition: 1st
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 256
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
1 Postpositivism and the Idea of Sociology......Page 14
2 Cultural Studies//Sociology......Page 34
3 Explanation, Articulation, Imagination......Page 57
4 Eurocentrism: The ‘Rise of the West’ Revisited......Page 75
5 Eurocentrism: Postcolonial Theory......Page 94
6 Critical Multiculturalism......Page 112
7 Sociological Culturalism......Page 133
8 The Turn to Complexity......Page 152
9 Reflexivity and Positivity......Page 169
Conclusion......Page 189
Bibliography......Page 191
D......Page 207
I......Page 208
P......Page 209
S......Page 210
Y......Page 211
