Sociology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7076541
AutoresGerard Delanty (0000-0001-7260-5904, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Fecha de publicación2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoOTHER
RevistaThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss206
OpenAlexW4234451747
ISBN9781405165518
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas28

Sociology is a form of social inquiry that takes wide‐ranging forms. As is the case with many disciplines, it is contested and there is no generally accepted definition of what constitutes sociology. But we should not draw the conclusion that the contested and diverse nature of sociology amounts to the absence of any sense of self‐understanding and that the discipline has lapsed into irreversible fragmentation. Sociology can be partly defined by citing examples of what sociologists actually do, but it can also be defined by referring to some of the major intellectual statements of the discipline, such as classic works or theoretical and methodological approaches that are characteristically sociological. To begin, it is helpful to look at sociology in terms of its subject matter, its approach, and some of the classical works that have shaped the discipline

Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of knowledge · Subject (documents · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory