Sociology: Fragmentation or reinvigorated synthesis?
Dados Bibliográficos
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AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | City, University of London |
ANO | 2021 |
TIPO | Artigo |
PERIÓDICO | Journal of Classical Sociology |
ISSN | 1468-795X |
E-ISSN | 1741-2897 |
EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
DOI | 10.1177/1468795x211042969 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
Does the discipline of Sociology need to be defended from fragmentation by the mobilisation of a canon derived from its classical legacy? The paper provides an exposition of the arguments of Turner, Susen and O'Neill concerning fragmentation of Sociology as a discipline. It investigates whether there is fragmentation or reinvigorated synthesis in three examples: inequality beyond class, posthumanism and postmodernism. It draws on a reading of contemporary theoretical developments in Sociology. It concludes that the classical legacy is important and that engagement with external forces has reinvigorated rather than fragmented the discipline.