10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

Phenomenological Sociology

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

Phenomenological Sociology Synopsis

Contemporary society constitutes a different form of modernity and Ferguson?s innovative and thoughtful analysis calling for a return to phenomenology demonstrates that a relatively neglected perspective within contemporary sociological thought continues to provide significant insights into modern experiences? - Barry Smart, Portsmouth University This may very well be the most thorough and authoritative analysis of phenomenological sociology ever achieved." - W.P. Nye , Hollins University What is phenomenological sociology? Why is it significant? This innovative and thought-provoking book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century. The social character of phenomenology is explored in its relation to the concern in twentieth century sociology with questions of modern experience. Phenomenology and sociology come together as ?ethnographies of the present?. As such, they break free of the self-imposed limitations of each to establish a new, critical understanding of contemporary life. By reading phenomenology sociologically and sociology phenomenologically, this book reconstructs a phenomenological sociology of modern experience. Erudite and assured, this book opens up a series of new questions for contemporary social theory that theorists and students of theory can ill-afford to ignore. The text contains a treasure trove of insights and propositions that will stimulate debate and research in both sociology and philosophy.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780761959861
Publication date: 21st March 2006
Author: Harvie Ferguson
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 248 pages
Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Genres: Sociology