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C. Wright Mills is best remembered for his highly acclaimed work The Sociological Imagination, in which he set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique, The Sociological Imagination took issue with the ascendant schools of sociology in the United States, calling for a humanist sociology connecting the...(展开全部)

尼克拉斯•卢曼（Niklas Luhmann，1927—1998） 德国继韦伯之后最富原创性的社会理论大师，社会系统论旗帜性人物，德国比勒菲尔德大学社会学系教授。在与哈贝马斯论战的三十年中，引导了德国乃至整个欧洲在二十世纪后半叶的社会科学潮流，被誉为“当代极少数几个确实 改变了观察范式的社会学家之一”。卢曼倡导“社会学启蒙”，于1989年获得德国哲学界最高荣誉之一“黑格尔奖”（三年授予一位，同获该奖者还包括哲学家伽达默尔），被称为社会学界的“黑格尔”。卢曼著作众多，脉络清晰，包括《法社会学》、《社会诸系统》、《社会的法律》、《社会的经济》等四十余部。 译者 宾凯：北京大学法学博士，上海交通大学凯原法学院讲师。 赵春燕：北京大学法学博士，北京石油化工学院讲师。

尼克拉斯•卢曼（Niklas Luhmann，1927—1998） 德国继韦伯之后最富原创性的社会理论大师，社会系统论旗帜性人物，德国比勒菲尔德大学社会学系教授。在与哈贝马斯论战的三十年中，引导了德国乃至整个欧洲在二十世纪后半叶的社会科学潮流，被誉为“当代极少数几个确实 改变了观察范式的社会学家之一”。卢曼倡导“社会学启蒙”，于1989年获得德国哲学界最高荣誉之一“黑格尔奖”（三年授予一位，同获该奖者还包括哲学家伽达默尔），被称为社会学界的“黑格尔”。卢曼著作众多，脉络清晰，包括《法社会学》、《社会诸系统》、《社会的法律》、《社会的经济》等四十余部。 译者 宾凯：北京大学法学博士，上海交通大学凯原法学院讲师。 赵春燕：北京大学法学博士，北京石油化工学院讲师。

In this major new book John A. Hawkins presents a new theory of linear ordering in syntax. He argues that processing can provide a simple, functional explanation for syntactic rules of ordering, as well as for the selection among ordering variants in languages and structures in which variation is possible. Insights from generative syntax, typological studies of language univers...(展开全部)

Piotr Sztompka here presents a major work of social theory, which gives a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and provides conceptual and typological clarifications and explications of the notion itself, its meaning, founda...(展开全部)

For courses in Classical Social Theory, and Classical Principles of Social Psychology. This time-honored text provides complete, systematic expositions of the classical sociological thinkers, theories, and concepts-from the 18th-century Enlightenment to the 20th century. It features broad, extended, and balanced coverage of both the European theorists of Social Structure as we...(展开全部)

This text covers new and emerging aspects of sociological theory and examines the significant contributions of both modern and founding theorists. Seven sections present detailed analyses of key theories and paradigms, including functionalism, evolutionary theory, conflict theory, critical theory, exchange theory, interactionist theory, and structuralism. The Seventh Edition is...(展开全部)

Drawing on a range of sources, including the fiction of Toni Morrison and Luisa Valenzuela (He Who Searches), Avery Gordon demonstrates that past or haunting social forces control present life in different and more complicated ways than most social analysts presume. Written with a power to match its subject, Ghostly Matters has advanced the way we look at the complex intersecti...(展开全部)

This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society.Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style.