Michael Burawoy has helped to reshape the theory and practice of sociology across the Western world. Public Sociology is his most thoroughgoing attempt to explore what a truly committed, engaged sociology should look like in the twenty-first century.
Burawoy looks back on the defining moments of his intellectual journey, exploring his pivotal early experiences as a researcher, such as his fieldwork in a Zambian copper mine and a Chicago factory. He recounts his time as a graduate and professor during the ideological ferment in sociology departments of the 1970s, and explores how his experiences intersected with a changing political and intellectual world up to the present. Recalling Max Weber, Burawoy argues that sociology is much more than just a discipline – it is a vocation, to be practiced everywhere and by everyone.
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- Authors:
- Burawoy, Michael
- Year Published:
- 2021
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781509519149
- Number of Pages:
- 232
- Publication Date:
- 24/09/2021
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Language:
- English
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford
- SKU:
- 9781509519149