This book examines key trends, debates, and challenges in twenty-first-century sociology. To this end, it focuses on significant issues surrounding the nature of sociology (‘What is sociology?’), the history of sociology (‘How has sociology evolved?’), and the study of sociology (‘How can or should we make sense of sociology?’).
These issues have been, and will continue to be, essential to the creation of conceptually informed, methodologically rigorous, and empirically substantiated research programmes in the discipline. Over the past years, however, there have been numerous disputes and controversies concerning the future of sociology. Particularly important in this respect are recent and ongoing discussions on the possibilities of developing new – and, arguably, post-classical – forms of sociology. The central assumption underlying most of these projects is the contention that a comprehensive analysis of the principal challenges faced by global society requires the construction of a sociology capable of accounting for the interconnectedness of social actors and social structures across time and space.
This book provides a cutting-edge overview of crucial past, present, and possible future trends, debates, and challenges shaping the pursuit of sociological inquiry.
Author(s): Simon Susen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 623
Foreword
References
Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Part I: Intimations of Postcoloniality
Part II: Intimations of Globality
Part III: Intimations of Canonicity
Part IV: Intimations of Historicity
Part V: Intimations of Disciplinarity
Part VI: Intimations of Hegemony
Part VII: Intimations of Reflexivity
Part I: Intimations of Postcoloniality
1: Postcoloniality and Sociology
2: Postcoloniality and Decoloniality
Part II: Intimations of Globality
3: Globality and Sociology
4: Globality and Connectivity
Part III: Intimations of Canonicity
5: Canonicity and Sociology
6: Canonicity and Exclusivity
Part IV: Intimations of Historicity
7: Historicity and Sociology
8: Historicity and Novelty
Part V: Intimations of Disciplinarity
9: Disciplinarity and Sociology
10: Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity
Part VI: Intimations of Hegemony
11: Hegemony and Sociology
12: Hegemony and Counterhegemony
Part VII: Intimations of Reflexivity
13: Epilogue: Critical Remarks
Part I: Intimations of Postcoloniality
Part II: Intimations of Globality
Part III: Intimations of Canonicity
Part IV: Intimations of Historicity
Part V: Intimations of Disciplinarity
Part VI: Intimations of Hegemony
Conclusion
Part I: Intimations of Postcoloniality
Part II: Intimations of Globality
Part III: Intimations of Canonicity
Part IV: Intimations of Historicity
Part V: Intimations of Disciplinarity
Part VI: Intimations of Hegemony
Part VII: Intimations of Reflexivity
References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
