EXISTENTIAL SOCIOLOGY by Jack D. Douglas (Editor), John M. Johnson (Editor) ( 9780521292252 )

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EXISTENTIAL SOCIOLOGY

By:

Jack D. Douglas (Editor), John M. Johnson (Editor)

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0521292255

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9780521292252

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

28 October, 1977

Pages:

346

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This collection of ten original essays engages the 'crisis in sociology' at the most fundamental level of thought and experience.

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This collection of ten original essays was first published in 1977. It engages the 'crisis in sociology' at the most fundamental level of thought and experience. Existential sociology is defined as the study and understanding of all forms of human existence. Without seeking to erect a pristine philosophical sanctuary of its own, Existential Sociology examines and criticizes the underlying philosophical assumptions of previous theories of social science, while elaborating its own approach to human understanding. The contributors are concerned with constructing practical as well as theoretical truths about social life - how we feel, think and act. In contrast to most other sociologies, the emphasis is on the independence and dominance of human feelings over the evaluative and cognitive features of social actions. Students and teachers of sociology and people in related fields interested in the connection between social science and their own subjects will find Existential Sociology useful and absorbing.

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