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New Social Connections

Sociology's Subjects and Objects

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Judith Burnett

    1. University of Wolverhampton, UK

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  2. Syd Jeffers

    1. University of East London, UK

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  3. Graham Thomas

    1. University of East London, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Judith Burnett, Syd Jeffers, Graham Thomas
    Pages 1-13

  3. Sociology and the Sociological Imagination: Reflections on, Disciplinarity and Intellectual Specialisation

    • John Scott
    Pages 14-30

  4. Nouns and Verbs: Old and New Strategies for Sociology

    • Michael Rustin
    Pages 31-53

  5. Sociological Theory: Still Going Wrong?

    • Gregor McLennan
    Pages 54-71

  6. A Plea for Earthly Sciences

    • Bruno Latour
    Pages 72-84

  7. Complexity, ‘Nature’ and Social Domination: Towards a Sociology of Species Relations

    • Erika Cudworth
    Pages 85-104

  8. The Death of History in British Sociology: Presentism, Intellectual Entrepreneurship, and the Conundra of Historical Consciousness

    • David Inglis
    Pages 105-124

  9. Sociology and Post-colonialism: Another ‘Missing’ Revolution?

    • Gurminder K. Bhambra
    Pages 125-140

  10. Towards a Multiplication of Specialised Assemblages of Territory, Authority, and Rights

    • Saskia Sassen
    Pages 141-153

  11. The Changing Life-Course in British Sociology

    • Gayle Letherby
    Pages 154-172

  12. Aspirations and Opportunities: A Career in Sociology

    • Michael Banton
    Pages 173-179

  13. Cracking the Ivory Tower: Proposing ‘an Interpretive Public Sociology’

    • Max Farrar
    Pages 180-203

  14. Sand in the Machine: Encouraging Academic Activism with Sociology HE Students Today

    • Joyce E. Canaan
    Pages 204-232

  15. The Sociological Imagination As Popular Culture

    • David Beer, Roger Burrows
    Pages 233-252

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 253-259
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About this book

Offering a fresh approach to new explorations of the reconfigurations of sociological thought, this book provides a mix of literature review, original theory and autobiographical material in order to understand formations of sociological knowledge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Wolverhampton, UK

    Judith Burnett

  • University of East London, UK

    Syd Jeffers, Graham Thomas

About the editors

MICHAEL BANTON is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK DAVID BEER is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK GURMINDER BHAMBRA is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK ROGER BURROWS is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. JOYCE E. CANAAN is Reader in Sociology at Birmingham City University, UK ERIKA CUDWORTH is Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, at the University of East London, UK. MAX FARRAR is Manager of Community Partnerships and Volunteering in the Leslie Silver International Faculty of Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. DAVID INGLIS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. GAYLE LETHERBY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth, UK BRUNO LATOUR teaches at Sciences Po in Paris, France GREGOR MCLENNAN is Professor of Sociology at Bristol University, UK MICHAEL RUSTIN is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London and Visiting Professor at the London Tavistock Clinic, UK JOHN SCOTT is Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth, UK SASKIA SASSEN is Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, USA

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