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Is Sociology Dead? - Social Theory and Social Praxis in a Post-Modern Age (Paperback)
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Is Sociology Dead? - Social Theory and Social Praxis in a Post-Modern Age (Paperback)
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Sociology was in serious trouble in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Harvard University was down to only 67 students majoring in
sociology in 1992. Yale's department faced a 40% cut in faculty and
near extinction. In the last decade, Washington University (St.
Louis, MO) and the University of Rochester shut down their
departments. George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
regrouped in order to stave off further cuts. However, in the past
decade, sociology has surged back and become more important than
ever to policy makers and pundits. Why? Is Sociology Dead? covers
three areas of Dr. Jack Nusan Porter's work: the role of
sociological theory in society; the image of sociology in the
media; and what he calls the "creative praxis," (the application of
social theory to real life problems). The theoretical section of
the book covers such areas as conflict theory; situational and
small group theory; and what could be termed as post-9/11
approaches as chaos, postmodern, and rational choice theory that
address the questions of random murder, terrorism, and genocide.
The second section deals with an overview of sociology's image in
the U.S. media and covers in detail how sociology was treated in
radical textbooks in the 1960s. The final section applies new
theoretical approaches to a host of contemporary political,
business, technological, and urban issues.
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