21st century sociology
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american sociology
annual review of sociology
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development of human society
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external influences
functioning of human society
historical
interdisciplinary
internationalization
knowledge growth
late 20th century sociology
research in sociology
social problems
social science knowledge
social sciences
sociologists
sociology
sociology as art
sociology as humanism
sociology as science
structure of human society
talcott parsons
vocation
Product details
- ISBN 9780520282070
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Apr 2014
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. By examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, Smelser discusses his views on the discipline of sociology, and how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era.
Neil J. Smelser is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University from 1952 to 1954. At twenty-four, he coauthored Economy and Society with Talcott Parsons. He earned his PhD in sociology from Harvard in 1958 and was a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows. From 1994 to 2001, he directed the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
