New Sociology

Author: Philip Kolchuk Qianhan
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: This book introduces some new schools of thought in the sociology of modern Western countries. The book is divided into five parts:
1. It first introduces several traditional opposing categories in the social sciences, such as materialism and idealism, subject and object, collective and individual.
2. It introduces new ideas in structuration theory, such as the theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, and others.
3. It explores interaction theory within social structure, mainly including Berger and Luckmann's social construction of reality, Cicourel's cognitive sociology, and Carron and Latour's sociology of science and technology.
4. It covers group formation and social categorization theory, introducing Sampson's The Making of the English Working Class and Boltanski's objectification of groups.
5. Finally, it discusses the recent interest in the "plural self" in sociology, focusing on the issues of each individual's personality, desires, interests, identity, and the cognitive and emotional resources they utilize.
This book takes the discussion of several traditionally controversial categories in social theory as its basic perspective, elaborating on the remarkable efforts of prominent contemporary social theorists such as Elias, Giddens, Bourdieu, Goffman, Luckmann, and Boltanski to eliminate dualism in social theory, as well as the new achievements of constructivist social theory as part of this effort.
This book is a comprehensive work that brings together many theorists in the field of sociology for discussion. It provides an accessible and introductory guide to the latest hot topics in recent social theory. The book is easy to understand, making it an excellent textbook for students of sociology in colleges and universities in China, as well as for a broad readership interested in sociology. At the same time, it serves as a valuable reference for sociological researchers to stay updated on the latest developments in Western sociology.