Publication

1997 - Westview Press, Boulder, Colo, Colorado

Language

English

Word Count

80,250 words, Guess

Page Count

321 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL658100M
  • ISBN-100813328659
  • OCLC Control Number36662836
  • Library of Congress Control Number97003286
  • LibraryThing8728887
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  • Goodreads2656055

Classifications

  • DDC304.2
  • LCCHM206 .M95 1997

Description

Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's institutions. Murphy argues that society can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action and the processes of nature because the manipulation of nature has become so central to modern society. The growing awareness that social constructions unleash dynamic processes of nature - processes beyond human control that bear on social action - has the potential of radically transforming sociology. Sociology and Nature proposes the reconstruction of sociology in which nature does matter, developing a novel sociological approach that situates social action in its natural context.

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