A01=James J. Chriss
Author_James J. Chriss
Category=JHB
critical sociology
dialectical analysis
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
Empirical Social World
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Establishment Sociology
Good Life
Gouldner's Work
Gypsum Plant
Hegelian influence in sociology
Human Suffering
Impulse Control
Indulgency Pattern
Industrial Sociology
intellectual history
legal theory critique
Metaphysical Pathos
Natural System Model
Parsonian Functionalism
Personal Epistemology
Psychedelic Culture
reflexive methodology
Reflexive Sociology
Scientific Marxism
Sentiment Structure
social theory development
Technical Instrumental Rationality
Technical Intelligentsia
Technocratic Consciousness
Vanguard Party
Vice Versa
Wildcat Strike
World War III
Product details
- ISBN 9781138314870
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 152 x 217mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Published in 1999, this book is an exploration of the life and work of American sociologist Alvin W. Gouldner. Gouldner's life and contribution to legal theory is a case study in the limits of critical, self-reflexive inquiry. Hegel's dialect is a major theme running throughout Gouldner's work, and, even throughout his life, Gouldner himself seemed trapped in the unfolding of the spirit through three distinct stages: 1945-1960 - thesis; 1960-1970 - antithesis; and 1970-1980 - synthesis or new thesis. Implications for creating a reflexive critical sociology in Gouldner's image are discussed.
