Törlü died!: An Alternative Reader of Sociological Theory

Author: (USA) Berger
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The most important sociologists and social thinkers from the 19th and 20th centuries—Du Bois, Durkheim, Freud, Simmel, and Beatrice Webb—attend an academic discussion conference in London. At a pre-conference gala, a series of terrifying incidents occur: scholars engage in a brawl, jewelry is stolen, and Durkheim disappears. The brilliant private detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal partner, Dr. John Watson, intervene among the sociologists and launch an investigation. The sociologists eagerly share their sociological theories with Holmes and engage in fierce debates. Feminism, racial theory, psychoanalysis, and other sociological schools clash here, filled with wisdom, ideas, and humor. Finally, the truth of this baffling case is revealed.