Core Sociological Dichotomies

This book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to develop a self-perpetuating sociological imagination to enable them to think through new issues and new problems. It consists of a series of specially commissioned chapters around binary or dichotomous themes. Although many sociologists are critical of dichotomous models of sociological theory and research, the device crips up again and again in the history and practice of the subject. Chris Jenks and his colleagues use the dichotomies to situate students in current sociological arguments and topical debates.