Pragmatic Humanism: On the Nature and Value of Sociological Knowledge

by Marcus Morgan

Book Overview

Is sociology best understood as simply chipping away at our ignorance about society, or does it have broader roles and responsibilities? If so, to what--or perhaps to whom--are these responsibilities? Installing humanity as its epistemological and normative start and endpoint, this book shows how humanism recasts sociology as an activity that does not merely do things, or effect things, but is also self-consciously for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815351410
• ISBN13: 9780815351412
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"