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Reviews the book "The Sociological Eye: Selected Papers," by Everett C. Hughes.

Reviews the book "Macro-Sociological Theory: Perspectives on Sociological Theory," vol. 1, edited by S. N. Eisenstadt and H. J. Helle.

Reviews the book "Literary Criticism and Sociology: Yearbook of Comparative Criticism, Vol. V," edited by Joseph Strelka.

Reviews the book "The Politics of Field Research: Sociology Beyong Enlightenment," edited by Jaber F. Gubrium and David Silverman.

Any collection of papers purporting to set out new directions for a discipline, like sociology, whose fundamental orientations are humanist, might reasonably be expected to contain within it items that may themselves be collected into one of two principal categories. The first is of work that brings radically into question existing ontological and, hence, epistemological bases of the discipline; the second, of work that, developing from a fundamental, though not an unquestioning, acceptance of those bases, seeks to modify them in the light of its experiential practice in their terms. Work of both kinds requires the courage and rigour of a strong and serious commitment to sustain sociology as a discipline through questioning thoughtfully its basic tenets in relation to the lived, social experience both of those who conduct it and of those whose conduct is its topic. Work in the second category can be too easily confused, however, with that of a third—the scholarship of the disciplinary cartographer, whose work is the recording and reporting upon the work of others in his field. Such work informs those in search of the new of the names and appearances of the epistemological territories that they are leaving behind, and of the conceptual topography of some of the issues they may expect to have to negotiate during their journey. As such, and if it is thorough, it can be valuable. But it is too often an indication of unreflective neophilia amongst sociologists than of new directions in sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books on sociology. "Society," by David Frisby and Derek Sayer; "The Ethnomethodologists," by Wes Sharrock and Bob Anderson; "Beliefs and Ideology," by Kenneth Thompson; "Equality," by Bryan S. Turner.

Reviews two books on sociology. "Marital Violence," edited by Norman Johnson; "The Family, Politics and Social Theory," by D. H. J. Morgan.

Reviews the book "Sociology and the Demystification of the Modern World," by John Rex.

Reviews the book "Sociology in Britain: A Survey of Research," by Ernest Krausz.

Reviews the book "Sociological Theory: Inquiries and Paradigms," edited by Llewellyn Gross.

Reviews the book "Tendances et volontés de la Société Française."

Reviews the book "Probleme der Religionssoziologie. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie."

Reviews the book "The World of Odysseus," by M. I. Finley.

Reviews the book "Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin American and Africa," edited by Ivar Oxaal, Tony Barnett and David Booth.

Reviews the book "Sociologica II. Aufsätze und Reden," by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno.

Reviews the book "The Legacy of Max Weber," by L.M. Lachmann.

Reviews the book "Indonesian Sociological Studies," by B. Schrieke.

Reviews the book "Sociologie des Brazzavilles Noires," by G. Balandier.

Reviews the books "Work, Unemployment, and Leisure," by Rosemary Deem and "Youth Unemployment in the 1980s: Its Psychological Effects" by Michael H. Banks and Philip Ullah.

Reviews the book "Policing by the Public," by Joan Shapland and Jon Vagg.

Reviews the book "Between Literature and Science: The Rise of Sociology," by Wolf Lepenies.

Reviews the book "Conservatism: A Contribution to the Sociology of Knowledge," by Karl Mannheim.

Reviews the book "Social Issues in British Society," by Gerry Popplestone.

Reviews the book "The Positivist Dispute in German Sociology," by T. W. Adorno, et al.

Reviews the book "On the Beginning of Social Inquiry," by Peter McHugh, Stanley Raffel, Daniel C. Foss and Alan F. Blum.

Reviews two volumes of the book "Handbuch der empirischen Sozialforschung," edited by René König, vol.1, "Geschichte und Grundprobleme der empirischen Sozialforschung," vol.2, "Grundlegende Methodern und Techniken der empirischen Sozialforschung."

Reviews the book "The Sociology of Science," edited by P. Halmos.

Reviews the book "Man and the Social Sciences," by William A. Robson.

Reviews the book "Sociology, History and Education: A Reader," by P.W. Musgrave.

Reviews the book "Sociological Work: Method and Substance," by Howard S. Becker.

Reviews the book "The Social Bond: An Introduction to the Study of Sociology," by Robert A. Nisbet.

Reviews the book "The Logic of Social Inquiry," by Scott Greer.

Reviews the book "Methodology in Social Research," edited by H.M. Blalock Jr. and A.B. Blalock.

Reviews the book "The Strategy of Social Enquiry and Tutor's Manual," by John Wakeford.

Reviews the book "Foundations of Sociology," by George A. Lundberg.

Reviews the book "Soziale Schichtung und soziale Mobilitaet," edited by David V. Glass and Réne Koenig.

Reviews the book "The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory," by Don Martindale.

Reviews several books on sociology. "Work to Welfare: How Men Become Detached From the Labour Market," by P. Alcock, C. Beatty, and S. Fothergill; "Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms," by Victoria D. Alexander; "Children and Their Families: Contact, Rights and Welfare," edited by A. Bainham, B. Lindley, and M. Richards; "Identity," by Zygmunt Bauman; Others.

Reviews the book "Max Weber and Sociology Today," edited by Otto Stammer.

Reviews the book "Understanding Everyday Life: Toward the Reconstruction of Sociological Knowledge," by Jack D. Douglas.

Reviews the book "Succès et faiblesses de l'effort social français.

This article discusses the nature of introductory texts for the study of sociology at the university level. Various challenges faced in the writing of introductory textbooks are discussed. Texts such as "Preface to the Social Sciences," by R. F. Bellamy et al., "The Proper Study of Mankind," by Stuart Chase, and "Sociology: An Analysis of Life in a Modern Society," by A. W. Green are discussed. The author offers his own suggestions, with respect to the needs of students who are undertaking general studies and those who will specialize in sociology.

Reviews two books on sociology edited by Paul Kecskemeti. "Essays on the Sociology of Knowledge"; "Essays on Sociology and Social Psychology."

The article reviews the book "The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology," edited by Peter Hedström and Peter Bearman.

The article reviews the book "Remaking Israeli Judaism. The Challenge of Shas," by David Lehmann and Batia Siebzehner.

Reviews the book "The Political Context of Sociology," by Leon Bramson.

Reviews the book "Auf der Suche nach Wirklichkeit," by Helmut Schelsky.

Reviews the book "Society: Problems and Methods of Study," edited by A.T. Welford, Michael Argyle, D.V. Glass and J.N. Morris.