What Use Is Sociology?: Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester

by Keith Tester, Zygmunt Bauman, Michael Hviid Jacobsen

Book Overview

What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short book by one of the world's leading thinkers offers a passionate, engaging and important statement of the need for sociology.

In a series of conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074567125X
• ISBN13: 9780745671253
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"