Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination
Author | : Shawn Chandler Bingham |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2007-12-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781461646198 |
ISBN-13 | : 1461646197 |
Rating | : 4/5 (197 Downloads) |
Download or read book Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination written by Shawn Chandler Bingham and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. Through explorations of Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as the mainstay Thoreauvian concerns for the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination challenging readers to re-examine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities.