For the better part of its history sociology shared with
commonsense its assumption of the ?nature-like? character of
society ? and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom.
In this powerful and engaging work, first published in 1976,
Professor Bauman outlines the historical roots of such a science
and describes how the new trends in sociology emerging from
phenomenology and existentialism do not challenge this
preoccupation. Rather, he claims, they deepen and extend it by
stressing the key role of commonsense, particularly the ways in
which it is sustained and embedded in the routines and assumptions
of everyday life.
Professor Bauman sets out the form of a critical sociology,
based on emancipatory reason. His main concerns are the validity'
of commonsense and the truth of a theory which would resolve to
transcend the limitations of commonsensical evidence. Aimed at
human liberation A Critical Sociology is designed to question the
very same routines and assumptions of everyday life informed by
commonsense.
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