Toward a Sociological Imagination: Bridging Specialized Fields

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Contributors Chapter 3 The Framework: Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Scientific Method Chapter 5 "Toward a Reflexive Sociology:" A Second Look Chapter 6 Building Bridges: Chapter 7 The Process of Secularization: Toward a Theory-Oriented Methodology Chapter 8 Small Group Processes and the Legitimization of Societal Stratification: From Experiments to the Operation of Groups in Natural Situations Chapter 9 Explaining Inequality Chapter 10 A Critique of Pure Structure: The Limits of Rationality and Culture in the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism Chapter 11 Parallels and Tensions between Models and Narratives Chapter 12 Prejudice: The Levin Experiment Chapter 13 Alienation, Labeling, and Stigma: Integrating Social and Emotional Aspects of Mental Illness Chapter 14 Working Class Emotions and Relationships: Secondary Analysis of Sennett and Cobb, and Willis Chapter 15 The Politics of Presentation: Goffman and Total Institutions

Bernard Phillips is Founder and informal director of the Sociological Imagination Group. Harold Kincaid is Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Thomas Scheff is Adjunct Professor, Gothenburg University, Karlsbad, Sweden.

?this book offers a refreshing reminder of the need to reflect on our research questions and methods in an era when specialization seems to hold the greatest reward. -- Stephen Sweet Theory and Epistemology ...this book offers a refreshing reminder of the need to reflect on our research questions and methods in an era when specialization seems to hold the greatest reward. -- Stephen Sweet Theory and Epistemology