Sociology: The Basics

1. Imaginations : acting in a world I never made -- 2. Theory : thinking the social -- 3. Societies : living in the twenty-first century -- 4. History : standing on the shoulders of giants -- 5. Questions : cultivating sociological imaginations -- 6. Research : critically engaging with the empirical -- 7. Trouble : suffering inequalities -- 8. Visions : creating sociological hope -- Conclusion: the sociological imagination: twenty-one theses.

Social hauntings -- Preface: welcome to the social maze -- Imaginations : acting in a world i never made -- Theory : thinking the social -- Societies : living in the twenty first century -- History : standing on the shoulders of giants -- Problems : puzzling some key questions of sociological analysis -- Research : critically engaging with the empirical -- Trouble : suffering inequalities at the intersections of social divisions -- Visions : creating sociological hope -- Conclusion: the sociological imagination -- Appendix: epigrammatic sociology -- Glossary -- Digital sociology: a short guide -- References -- Index --