UID:
almahu_9949701732102882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxiii, 241 pages) :
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illustration.
ISBN:
9789004232426
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 76
Content:
Alvin W. Gouldner (1920-1980) was a leading sociologist of his era who provided groundbreaking analyses in the areas of industrial sociology, critical sociological theory, ideology, reciprocity, and class analysis. Even as a self-avowed radical sociologist, Gouldner was unable to maintain allegiance to any particular theorist or theoretical school, for doing so could lead to theory becoming blind partisanship leading to unreflective and sometimes destructive practices (e.g., the problem of the communist dictator). In Confronting Gouldner James J. Chriss confronts the larger issue of the place of critical theory, and specifically Marxism, in framing the perspective of sociology as political activism. Through this confrontation with Gouldner, the author explores the implications of critical theory as it relates to social justice, marriage and family, religion, political activism, public sociology, and deviance and crime.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- The Classics and Beyond -- Intellectuals and Radical Sociology -- Crime and Deviance -- Bourdieu and Reflexive Sociology -- Radical Politics and Soviet Sociology -- Religion and Critical Theory -- Social Justice, Politics, and Religion -- Locals, Cosmopolitans, and the Politics of a Global Humanity -- Mao and the Communist Horizon -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Confronting Gouldner: Sociology and Political Activism Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2015, ISBN 9789004232419
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography.
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