In Defence of Sociology: Essays, Interpretations and RejoindersISBN: 978-0-7456-1762-6
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296 pages
December 1996, Polity
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Preface.
1. In Defence of Sociology.
2. Living in a Post-Traditional Society.
3. What is Social Science?.
4. Functionalism: Aprés la Lutte.
5. 'Britishness' and the Social Sciences.
6. The Future of Anthropology.
7. Four Myths in the History of Social Thought.
8. Auguste Comte and Positivism.
9. The Suicide Problem in French Sociology.
10. Reason Without Revolution?: Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action. .
11. Literature and Society: Raymond Williams.
12. T. H. Marshall, the State and Democracy.
13. Brave New World: The New Context of Politics.
14. The Labour Party and British Politics.
Notes.
Index.