1st Edition
Pragmatic Humanism On the Nature and Value of Sociological Knowledge
1. Introduction: Exhuming Humanism 2. The Phoenix of Humanism 3. A Humanistic Conception of Knowledge and Its Political Implications 4. Beginning with Ends: From Technocratic to Transformative Knowledge 5. The Poverty of Moral Philosophy and the Strength of Sociological ‘Ethics’ 6. The Responsibility for Sociological Hope 7. The Value of a Humanistic Sociology
Biography
Marcus Morgan is a Research Associate in the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and College Lecturer at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. He is the author, with Patrick Baert, of Conflict in the Academy: A Study in the Sociology of Intellectuals.
"This challenging book is long overdue and much needed. Marcus Morgan puts a humanist sociology firmly back on the agenda, clarifying humanism's pragmatic past, answering its many critics, and building a vital imagery of its rich potential for the future. A timely and important book."
—Emeritus Professor Ken Plummer, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK
"Pragmatic Humanism is a solid argument for transformative social sciences. Marcus Morgan should be read by anyone interested in the future of sociology and social science."
—Bent Flyvbjerg; Professor and Chair at Oxford University; author of Making Social Science Matter
