Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology

Piet Strydom 2000

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By closely analyzing the contributions of such theorists as More, Hobbes, Vico, Montesquieu, Ferguson and Millar to the emergence of sociology in its original form, Piet Strydom follows the discursive construction of sociology in the context of the society-wide early modern practical discourse about violence and rights. Parallels with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discourse on poverty and justice and the contemporary discourse of risk and responsibility allow the author to reflect not only on the generation of knowledge through discourse but also on the role that sociology itself plays in this process.

About the Author

Piet Strydom is Statutory Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland, Cork. He is a former founder-director of the Centre for European Social Research where he wa responsible scientist or coodinator of a variety of collaborative projects within European Union research programmes.