Discourse and knowledge the making of enlightenment sociology

Summary: By closely analysing the contributions of such theorists as More, Hobbes, Vico, Montesquieu, Ferguson and Millar to the emergence of sociology in its original form, Piet Strydom follows the discursive construction of sociology in the context of the society-wide early modern practical discourse about violence and rights. Parallels with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discourse on poverty and justice and the contemporary discourse of risk and responsibility allow the author to reflect not only on the generation of knowledge through discourse but also on the role that sociology itself plays.

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ISBN: 9781846312960
ISBN: 1846312965
ISBN: 0853238057
ISBN: 9780853238058
ISBN: 0853238154
ISBN: 9780853238157
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.14 Multi-user.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-329) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1: Introduction: Discourse and Sociology; Part I: Theory of Discourse and Discourse Analysis; Introduction: From Presentism and Historicism to Discourse; 2: Theory of Discourse; 3: Sociological Theory of Discourse; 4: Discourse of Modernity; 5: Sociological Discourse Analysis; Part II: Discourse of Modernity and the Construction of Sociology; Introduction: Crisis Discourse and Sociology; 6: The Early Modern Problem of Violence; 7: The Rights Discourse; 8: Contributions to Enlightenment Sociology.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.