The new pragmatist sociology : inquiry, agency, and democracy / edited by Neil Gross, Isaac Ariail Reed, and Christopher Winship.

"Pragmatist thought is central to sociology. However, sociologists typically encounter pragmatism from a distance, through the works of canonical social scientists including George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Erving Goffman, and W. E. B. DuBois, rather than the philosophers who founded the school...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gross, Neil, 1971- (Editor)
Reed, Isaac (Isaac Ariail) (Editor)
Winship, Christopher (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Sociology > Philosophy.
Sociology > Methodology.
Pragmatism.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
Pragmatisme.
Physical Description:vii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pragmatist sociology : histories and possibilities / Isaac Ariail Reed, Neil Gross and Christopher Winship
  • What sociologists should get out of pragmatism / John Levi Martin
  • Self-reflection and social responsibility in research : lessons from early pragmatist historical investigations / Daniel Huebner
  • Problem situation misassessment and the financial crisis / Luis Flores and Neil Gross
  • Pragmatism, aesthetics and sociology / Daniel Silver
  • Disambiguating Dewey; or why pragmatist action theory neither needs nor asks paradigmatic privilege / Josh Whitford
  • Problem solving in action : a Peirceian account / Iddo Tavory and Stefan Timmermans
  • Projective and responsive creativity among on-demand workers / Mazen Elfakhani
  • Words versus actions in the network behavior of low-income African Americans / Mario Small, Cayce C. Hughes, Vontrese D. Pamphile, and Jeffrey N. Parker
  • Pragmatism and scientific innovation : lessons for and from the sociology of science / Natalie B. Aviles
  • Why do laws need to be practical? The reproduction of cultural variation through pragmatic regulation / Susan Silbey
  • Accidental discovery and the pragmatist theory of action : the emergence of a Boston police and black ministers partnership / Christopher Winship
  • Pragmatist comparative-historical sociology / Isaac Ariail Reed and Paul Lichterman
  • American pragmatism and the dilemma of the Negro / Karida L. Brown and Luna Vincent
  • The public arena : a pragmatist concept of the public sphere / Daniel Cefaï
  • Finding the future in pragmatist thought : imagination, teleologies, and public deliberation / Ann Mische.