Problematics of Sociology - The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995 (Hardcover, New)

These skillfully written essays are based on the Georg Simmel Lectures delivered by Neil J. Smelser at Humboldt University in Berlin in the spring of 1995. It is a distillation of Smelser's reflections after nearly four decades of research, teaching, and thought in the field of sociology, the essays identify, as he says in the first chapter, '...some central problematics - those generic, recurrent, never resolved and never completely resolvable issues - that shape the work of the sociologist.' Each chapter considers a different level of sociological analysis: micro (the person and personal interaction), meso (groups, organizations, movements), macro (societies), and global (multi-societal). Within this framework, Smelser covers a variety of topics, including the place of the rational and the nonrational in social action and in social science theory; the changing character of group attachments in post-industrial society; the eclipse of social class; and the decline of the nation-state as a focus of solidarity. The clarity of Smelser's writing makes this a book that will be welcomed throughout the field of social science as well as by anyone wishing to understand sociology's essential characteristics and problems.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1997
First published:	February 1997
Authors:	Neil J Smelser
Foreword by:	Hans-Peter Muller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	138
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-20675-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
LSN:	0-520-20675-4
Barcode:	9780520206755

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