Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination
The Wilds of Society
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Shawn Chandler Bingham | ISBN: | 9781461646198 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | December 14, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Shawn Chandler Bingham |
| ISBN: | 9781461646198 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | December 14, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. Through explorations of Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as the mainstay Thoreauvian concerns for the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination challenging readers to re-examine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities.
Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society is the first in-depth sociological examination of the ideas of Henry David Thoreau. Through explorations of Thoreau's intellectual links to early social thinkers, as well as the mainstay Thoreauvian concerns for the individual-society relationship, social change, and deconstructing society's idea of progress, Bingham illustrates the sophistication of Thoreau's sociological imagination challenging readers to re-examine the disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities.
