The calling of sociology and other essays on the pursuit of learning / Edward Shils.

Author: Shils, Edward, 1910-1995.

Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.

Description498 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:I. THE PLACE OF SOCIOLOGY. 1. The calling of sociology -- I. THE TREND OF SOCIOLOGY. 2. The contemplation of society in America ; 3. The confluence of sociological traditions ; 4. Tradition, ecology, and institution in the history of sociology -- III. SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 5. Social science and social policy ; 6. Learning and liberalism ; 7. The pursuit of knowledge and the concern for the common good -- IV. THE ETHICS OF SOCIOLOGY. 8. Social inquiry and the autonomy of the private sphere ; 9. Social science as public opinion ; 10. The legitimacy of social inquiry.

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