ISBN:
9780520251373
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (286 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Public Sociology : Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a "public sociology." Burawoy argued that sociology should speak beyond the university, engaging with social movements and deepening an understanding of the historical and social context in which they exist. In this volume, renowned sociologists come together to debate the perils and the potentials of Burawoy's challenge. Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Na
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTORY; Introduction; For Public Sociology; INSTITUTIONALIZING PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY; Public Sociology and the End of Society; Stalled at the Altar? Conflict, Hierarchy, andCompartmentalization in Burawoy's Public Sociology; If I Were the Goddess of Sociological Things; Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name; POLITICS AND THE PROFESSION; Speaking to Publics; Do We Need a Public Sociology? It Depends on WhatYou Mean by Sociology; Speaking Truth to the Public, and Indirectly to Power; The Strength of Weak Politics
Description / Table of Contents:
From Public Sociology to Politicized SociologistFALSE DISTINCTIONS: CONCEPTUAL RESERVATIONS; The Sociologist and the Public Sphere; About Public Sociology; For Humanist Sociology; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; Whose Public Sociology? The Subaltern Speaks,but Who Is Listening?; A Journalist's Plea; REJOINDER; The Field of Sociology: Its Power and Its Promise; Editors and Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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