Sociological Knowledge and Collective Identity: S. N. Eisenstadt and Israeli Society

by Stavit Sinai

Book Overview

Sociology, emerging in the 19th century as the study of national societies, is the intellectual product of its time, power relations and social imaginaries. As a discursive practice that was enmeshed in the meta-narratives of modernity, the discipline of sociology bears the inherent capacity to shape socially shared concepts and construct collective identities. This book examines the relationships between sociology and projects of national identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138351830
• ISBN13: 9781138351837
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"