Sociological Insight: An Introduction to Non-obvious Sociology
Autor Randall Collinsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 1992
distinguishes sociology from most other ways of looking at the world, Randall Collins examines the limits of human rationality and sociological theories of religion, showing how they open up a general theory of social rituals that holds the key to much of the rest of sociology. With these
conceptual tools in hand, he invites students to ponder how sociological analysis can illuminate a variety of urgent topics--power, crime, sex, love, and the position of women in society--as it reveals both their visible social symbols and their paradoxical deep structures. In a new final chapter,
Collins stakes out an important role for sociology in the information age, while coming full circle to the theories of rationality and ritual with which he began, showing that artificial intelligence can approximate human creativity only if it can take part in ritual interactions. Uniquely
engaging, Sociological Insight dramatizes the major issues and concerns of sociology in a way that gets students thinking and talking, and whets their appetites for more.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780195074420
ISBN-10: 0195074424
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Second.
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0195074424
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Second.
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Descriere
In
the
second
edition
of
this
successful
and
highly
regarded
supplementary
text,
Randall
Collins
has
revised
his
preface
and
added
a
new
chapter
in
which
he
considers
how
sociology
can
inform
the
development
of
artificial
intelligence.
As
he
points
out,
computer
designers
and
programmers
have
to
consider
the
social
as
well
as
psychological
characteristics
of
human
beings
in
designing
computers
that
can
approximate
human
thinking.
Recenzii
`What
is
special
about
the
volume
...
is
that
it
meets
student
readers
at
their
own
level;
it
presumes
nothing
more
from
them
than
a
normal
quotient
of
human
curiosity...For
this
reason
alone,
Sociological
Insight
would
be
a
valuable
work
to
perpetuate...Throughout
its
pages,
the
analyses
are
lucid,
pointed,
ironic,
and
witty.'
Kevin
J.
Christiano,
University
of
Notre
Dame
`The text is as necessary as it is cleverly presented...it can help teachers of sociology convince their students that the world is a little more complicated (and therefore intellectually exciting) than their leaders have told them.' American Journal of Sociology
`The text is as necessary as it is cleverly presented...it can help teachers of sociology convince their students that the world is a little more complicated (and therefore intellectually exciting) than their leaders have told them.' American Journal of Sociology
Notă biografică
Author
of
Three
Sociological
Traditions
and
Three
Sociological
Traditions:
Selected
Readings