Public Sociology: From Social Facts to Literary Acts

By Ben Agger

Book Overview

Public Sociology examines the 'discourse' of mainstream journal articles in sociology in order to understand the essentially conservative nature of mainstream sociology. These articles primarily make advances in method, not substance. Drawing from Mills, critical theory and postmodernism, Agger develops a non-positivist version of sociological writing that is at once accessible and relevant to social problems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742541061
• ISBN13: 9780742541061
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.9"