Restoring the Classic in Sociology

Section 1. The Issue of the Classic

1. Introduction
Alan R. How

2. The Sense of an Ending
Alan R. How

Section 2. The Wider Context: The Past, the Classic, and the Identity of Sociology

3. In Pursuit of Identity: Fragmentation, Conflict and Crisis
Alan R. How

4. On the Antipathy of Sociology to the Past
Alan R. How

5. Contested Identity: Sociology in Postmodern Times
Alan R. How

6. Rethinking Tradition
Alan R. How

Section 3. Hermeneutics, Tradition, Classic and Canon

7. The Hermeneutic Approach
Alan R. How

8. Hermeneutics, Tradition and the Classic Text
Alan R. How

9. Canons and Their Discontents
Alan R. How

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Sociological Theory, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Social Theory, Hermeneutics, Critical Theory