The Art Of Sociological Argument (Paperback)

Acknowledgements.- Introduction: The Importance of Sociological Argument.- Karl Marx: Sociology as Radical Criticism.- Emile Durkheim: Sociology as the Identification of Social Facts.- Max Weber: Sociology as the Science of Interpretive Understanding.- Talcott Parsons: Sociology as Systematic Reflection.- Charles Wright Mills: Sociology as an Imaginative Craft.- Erving Goffman: Sociology as an Eye for Detail.- Michel Foucault: Sociology as Shocking.- Ann Oakley: Sociology as Emancipation.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.