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Sociological insights of great thinkers: sociology through literature, philosophy, and science / edited by Christofer Edling and Jens Rydgren

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TextPublication details: California: Praeger, 2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 370 pISBN: 9780313384707Subject(s): Sociology Sociology in literature Sociology -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 306.42

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Sociologists have long recognized that sociological insight can be gleaned from creative thinkers outside their formal discipline. "Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and Science" captures and examines those insights in 32 essays that discuss scholars and writers not normally associated with any sociological school of thought. Following a tradition of enriching the sociological toolkit by finding influence in philosophy and literature, the volume's contributors -- an international group of renowned scholars -- eschew biography to focus solely on sociological interpretations that can be drawn from the work of many of history's preeminent thinkers. Among the book's subjects are philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and Cassirer; scientists such as Darwin and Galileo; and authors such as Kafka, Proust, and Shakespeare. The essays not only allow readers to see such thinkers in a new light, but underscore the fact that sociological questions have lain at the very heart of humanity throughout history.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	306.42 EDL/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15281

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Sociologists have long recognized that sociological insight can be gleaned from creative thinkers outside their formal discipline. "Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and Science" captures and examines those insights in 32 essays that discuss scholars and writers not normally associated with any sociological school of thought. Following a tradition of enriching the sociological toolkit by finding influence in philosophy and literature, the volume's contributors --
an international group of renowned scholars --
eschew biography to focus solely on sociological interpretations that can be drawn from the work of many of history's preeminent thinkers. Among the book's subjects are philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and Cassirer; scientists such as Darwin and Galileo; and authors such as Kafka, Proust, and Shakespeare. The essays not only allow readers to see such thinkers in a new light, but underscore the fact that sociological questions have lain at the very heart of humanity throughout history.

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