Pragmatic humanism : On the nature and value of sociological knowledge
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 21 - Sociology
- Output identifier
- 148084972
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9781315750507
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138808751
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book (216pp) is the product of an ESRC-funded doctoral project and subsequent post-doctoral research. It critically synthesises a large volume of social scientific and philosophical literature, aiming to provide a distinctive set of normative and epistemological considerations for the discipline of sociology, orientated around the idea of humanism. Working through the flaws in classical and Enlightenment rationales for humanistic sociology, the latter is conceived in terms of an ongoing practice of transformative persuasion, always dependent upon and directed towards human ends and imperatives.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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