Anthony Giddens is the former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Life Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge, and a member of the House of Lords, UK. He is a very influential sociologist and social theorist, and his many books include The Third Way and The Consequences of Modernity.
Philip W. Sutton is an independent researcher formerly of the University of Leeds and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology can never stand still. As a result, sociology today is a theoretically diverse enterprise, covering a huge range of subjects and drawing on a broad array of research methods. Central to this endeavour is the use of core concepts and ideas which allow sociologists to make sense of societies, though our understanding of these concepts necessarily evolves and changes.
This clear and jargon-free book introduces a careful selection of essential concepts that have helped to shape sociology and others that continue to do so. Going beyond brief, dictionary-style definitions, Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton provide an extended discussion of each concept which sets it in historical and theoretical context, explores its main meanings in use, introduces relevant criticisms, and points readers to its ongoing development in contemporary research and theorizing.
Organized in ten thematic sections, the book offers a portrait of sociology through its essential concepts, ranging from capitalism, identity and deviance to globalization, the environment and intersectionality. It will be essential reading for all those new to sociology as well as anyone seeking a reliable route map for a rapidly changing world.
作为首章,主要对基础性的概念进行盘梳,“前沿感”不强,但“基础性”强。著作等身的吉登斯,特别注重在时空中解剖某一概念。 读此书的诀窍:观其大义。在变化中看不变。 大要:Structure/Agency 结构/机动即是描述社会的矛盾机制,是社会学试图理解社会对个人(结构)的影响...
评分这些概念都是西方社会学中最经典、常用的东西,学习时:一要让自己不再陌生;二要搞清其核心内涵;三要想明白怎么用,怎么来更好地理解社会。 比如我今天了解到说十年前我校某校区的一万元电缆失窃,连小推车也没了,因为没有监控所以追查不出,电缆老板气绝了。后来因为这群保...
评分【作者按】:以下文字,是附在书后的译后记,对本书的翻译过程和曲折经历,做了一些基本情况交待,供读者批评及参考。 于我而言,翻译是一件“刚刚好”的工作。憋论文,需绞尽脑汁、坐立不安,开足CPU马力,散热风扇开到最大,满负荷运转,才能输出片言只语,坚持半天,换来的...
评分 评分这些概念都是西方社会学中最经典、常用的东西,学习时:一要让自己不再陌生;二要搞清其核心内涵;三要想明白怎么用,怎么来更好地理解社会。 比如我今天了解到说十年前我校某校区的一万元电缆失窃,连小推车也没了,因为没有监控所以追查不出,电缆老板气绝了。后来因为这群保...
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评分结构清晰,可以作为社会学导论进行阅读,也可以作为社会学专题阅读的基础说明与索引。以working definition, origins of the concept, meaning and interpretation, critical points, continuing relevance的思路梳理概念的内涵,附以references and further reading。
评分挺好的工具书。解释概念,解释词语的历史,还有相关的著作,最近的一些讨论。但是为啥没有收录“后殖民”?
评分没有我想象中的晦涩,就是合成词太多了????
评分补标,之前找不到中译本资源读的英文版
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