On critique : a sociology of emancipation / Luc Boltanski ; translated by Gregory Elliot.
The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of ordina...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English French |
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Cambridge, England ; Malden, Massachusetts :
Polity,
2011.
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| Edition: | English edition. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people? This issue has underpinned two divergent theoretical orientations that can be found in the discipline today: the critical sociology that was developed in its most elaborate form by Pierre Bourdieu, and the pragmatic sociology of critique developed by Luc Boltanski and his associates. In. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in French as De la critique"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0745683517 9780745683515 |