Anne Warfield Rawls Knihy

In Tacit Racism, Anne Warfield Rawls and Waverly Duck draw on real-world examples to illustrate the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social expectation of Americans.--Back cover.

The book explores Durkheim's efforts to create a distinct epistemological framework for sociology, emphasizing his innovative approach to understanding social phenomena. It delves into his methodologies and the implications of his theories on the discipline, highlighting his contributions to establishing sociology as a scientific field. Through a detailed analysis, the author examines how Durkheim's ideas continue to influence contemporary sociological thought.

Harold Garfinkel was one of the most important American sociologists. A student of Talcott Parsons who also worked with Alfred Schutz and Kenneth Burke, he sought to craft an empirical and theoretical approach that would combine Parsons’ focus on social systems of interaction with the focus on practices in their course of Burke and Schutz. This previously unpublished manuscript titled Parsons Primer in which Garfinkel explains Parsons’ position on systems of social interaction and how it relates to Garfinkel’s own position is an important missing piece of Garfinkel’s argument. The original manuscript from 1962/63 has been edited and a new introduction written for it by Anne W. Rawls and Jason Turowetz.

In this thought-provoking book, Professor Rawls contends that Durkheim's "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" is misinterpreted and is not merely about primitive religion. Instead, it seeks to establish a unique epistemological foundation for sociology, emphasizing social practices over individual beliefs, challenging dominant Western thought.