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Problematics of Sociology: George Simmel Lectures 1995

Problematics of Sociology: George Simmel Lectures 1995

Müller, Hans-Peter
Smelser, Neil J.

Hardcover

General Sociology

ISBN10: 0520206754
ISBN13: 9780520206755
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Feb 26 1997
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.17 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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. 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.

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