The New Pragmatist Sociology

By: John Levi Martin • Ann Mische • Stefan Timmermans • Iddo Tavory • Paul Lichterman • Jeffrey Parker • Daniel Silver • Mario Small • Daniel Huebner • Luis Flores • Josh Whitford • Mazen Elfakhani • Cayce Hughes • Vontrese Pamphile • Natalie B. Aviles • Susan Silbey • Karida Brown • Luna Vincent • Daniel Cefai

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Synopsis

Pragmatist thought is central to sociology. However, sociologists typically encounter pragmatism indirectly, as a philosophy of science or as an influence on canonical social scientists, rather than as a vital source of theory, research questions, and methodological reflection in sociology today.In The New Pragmatist Sociology, Neil Gross, Isaac Ariail Reed, and Christopher Winship assemble a range of sociologists to address essential ideas in the field and their historical and theoretical connection to classical pragmatism. The book examines questions of methodology, social interaction, and politics across the broad themes of inquiry, agency, and democracy. Essays engage widely and deeply with topics that motivate both pragmatist philosophy and sociology, including rationality, speech, truth, expertise, and methodological pluralism.Contributors include Natalie Aviles, Karida Brown, Daniel Cefaï, Mazen Elfakhani, Luis Flores, Daniel Huebner, Cayce C. Hughes, Paul Lichterman, John Levi Martin, Ann Mische, Vontrese D. Pamphile, Jeffrey N. Parker, Susan Sibley, Daniel Silver, Mario Small, Iddo Tavory, Stefan Timmermans, Luna White, and Joshua Whitford.

Book Details

Book Quality:
ISBN-13:: 9780231555234
Publisher:: Columbia University Press
Date of Addition:: 2022-07-05T08:07:59Z
Language:: English
Categories:: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology,
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.