Foundations of Sociology

This book argues that the foundations of sociology - key concepts which are necessary to all sociology, from whatever perspective - have become taken-for-granted and require re-assessment. Focusing on society, culture, the individual, and collectivity, the author builds a powerful case for an overhaul of these basic concepts, offering a unified model of the subject matter of sociology as 'the human world' - understood as individual, interactional and institutional orders - which is part of the 'natural world'. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this is a powerful restatement of the value of sociological sense as a necessary critique of common sense, and its relevance to an audience far beyond academia.

Aceasta carte sustine ca fundamentele sociologiei - concepte cheie care sunt necesare pentru toata sociologia, din orice perspectiva - au devenit luate-pentru-acordate si necesita reevaluare. Concentrandu-se asupra societatii, culturii, individului si colectivitatii, autorul construieste un caz puternic pentru o revizuire a acestor concepte de baza, oferind un model unificat al temei sociologiei ca „lumea umana” - inteleasa ca individ, interactional si institutional. comenzi - care face parte din „lumea naturala”.