For too long, argues Richard Harvey Brown, social scientists have felt forced to choose between imitating science's empirical methodology and impersonating a romantic notion of art, the methods of which are seen as primarily a matter of intuition, interpretation, and opinion. Developing the idea of a "cognitive aesthetic," Brown shows how both science and art--as well as the hu...(展开全部)

Much of our concept of society has been defined by sociology's dual focuses: individuals, and groups. In this eagerly awaited book, Donati shifts focus to the relationships between people, and explains this new 'relational sociology' in detail.

皮耶尔保罗·多纳蒂（Pierpaolo Donati），意大利博洛尼亚大学社会学教授，1995—1998年任意大利社会学会会长，“关系社会学”（或“社会的关系理论”）创始人。出版著述达800多种，近期出版的有《建构关系的社会理论：一种社会学历程》《关系主体》等。 刘军，博士，西安交通大学社会学系教授、博士生导师。研究方向为关系社会学、社会学方法论。出版专著《法村社会支持网络》（2006）、《整体网分析》（2014）、译著《两种传承：社会科学中的定性与定量研究》（2016）、《社会网络分析手册》（2018）等著作10余部，学术论文近50篇。近期研究富含“意义”的关系“存在”。 朱晓文，美国匹兹堡大学博士，西安交通大学社会学副教授、博士生导师。研究方向为教育社会学、教育测量和评价、定量研究方法。主持多项国家级和省部级课题，出版英文专著1部（Bayesia...(展开全部)

This new edition introduces the social science audiences of a new century to one of the classic highlights of the mid-twentieth century. This is the most general statement of the general theory of action as it was developed by its principle exponent, Talcott Parsons, and his close collaborators who formed the core of the fabled department of social relations at Harvard Universi...(展开全部)

Methods of Discovery is organized around strategies for deepening arguments in order to find the best ways to study social phenomena. This exciting book is not about the mechanics of doing social science research, but about habits of thinking that enable students to use those mechanics in new ways, by coming up with new ideas and combining them more effectively with old ones. ...(展开全部)

Prominent sociologist Dorothy Smith outlines a method of inquiry that uses everyday experience as a lens to examine social relations and social institutions. Concerned with articulating an inclusive sociology that goes beyond looking at a particular group of people from the detached viewpoint of the researcher, this is a method of inquiry for people, incorporating the expert's ...(展开全部)

Prominent sociologist Dorothy Smith outlines a method of inquiry that uses everyday experience as a lens to examine social relations and social institutions. Concerned with articulating an inclusive sociology that goes beyond looking at a particular group of people from the detached viewpoint of the researcher, this is a method of inquiry for people, incorporating the expert's ...(展开全部)

We commonly think of society as made of and by humans, but with the proliferation of machine learning and AI technologies, this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of automated systems tacitly contribute to the social construction of reality by drawing algorithmic distinctions between the visible and the invisible, the relevant and the irrelevant, the likely and the unlikel...(展开全部)

Timothy Morton argues that ecological awareness in the present Anthropocene era takes the form of a strange loop or Möbius strip, twisted to have only one side. Deckard travels this oedipal path in Blade Runner (1982) when he learns that he might be the enemy he has been ordered to pursue. Ecological awareness takes this shape because ecological phenomena have a loop form that ...(展开全部)

This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational novel, 'Sanctuary', was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in 'Sanctuary'. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. In an attempt to save her, Temple goe...(展开全部)