BIG IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

Book ID/图书代码： 10350017C00144

English Summary/英文概要： Are human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science?

In Big Ideas in Social Science, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton put these and more of our society’s burning questions to 18 of the world’s leading social scientists including Steven Pinker, Ann Oakley, Lawrence Sherman, Kate Pickett, Robert J. Shiller and Doreen Massey.

The result is a collection of thought-provoking discussions that span the fields of sociology, politics, economics, criminology, geography and many more.From the people who brought us the Philosophy Bites series, Big Ideas in Social Science is a fascinating and accessible introduction to the key ideas and findings of the social sciences.

The interviews for this book are based on a series of podcasts, Social Science Bites, sponsored by SAGE. Social Science Bites was inspired by the popular Philosophy Bites podcast (www.philosophybites.com), which was founded by David and Nigel in 2007 and has so far had 26 million downloads. Philosophy Bites has spawned three books, Philosophy Bites, Philosophy Bites Back and Philosophy Bites Again.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类是否比以前更暴力，我们为什么要采取某些道德和政治判断？为什么贫富差距越来越大?我们如何决定哪些刑事政策是有效的？21世纪的人口挑战是什么？社会科学是什么？

大卫•埃德蒙兹和奈杰尔•沃伯顿在《社会科学》杂志上发表了一些重要的观点，他们把我们社会的热点问题推给了18位世界顶尖的社会科学家，包括史蒂芬•平克、安•奥克利、劳伦斯•谢尔曼、凯特•皮克特、罗伯特•席勒和多琳•梅西。

其结果是一系列发人深省的讨论，涵盖了社会学、政治学、经济学、犯罪学、地理学等领域。从给我们带来哲学片段的人看来，社会科学中的伟大思想是对社会科学的关键思想和发现的一种引人入胜和容易理解的介绍。

这本书的采访是基于一系列的播客，社会科学的片段，由SAGE赞助。《社会科学》的灵感来自于2007年由大卫和奈杰尔创办的流行哲学博客播客(www.philosophy hybites.com)，到目前为止已经有2600万的下载量。哲学咬伤已经产生了三本书，哲学家搔客，哲学家搔客回归，哲学家搔客2。(WYL)

Awards/获奖情况：这本有用的书充满了深刻的见解，这将激发大众、学者和新研究者的好奇心……每一章和额外的阅读材料无疑会激励读者对章节的主题感兴趣。这本书提供了多种视角，展示社会科学如何帮助我们理解社会如何运作和信息，以影响政治家处理社会问题。(梅尔•D’索萨)

我读了很多关于方法论和社会科学哲学的书，我发现这一篇与大多数文章相比，读起来很轻松。它在社会科学方法论文学的更大范围内发挥了必要的作用，因为会话风格是亲密和放松的，但并不过分简化问题。这是一本书，你可以在上面读到，但它是有启发性的。这些章节作为独立的案例研究，提供了足够的智力刺激，让你以一种反射性的方式深入思考研究。当我读每一章时，我觉得我自己对这些问题的看法与我通常所做的相比要敏锐得多。因此，我认为这是对文学的一个可喜的贡献。(盖尔•爱德华兹)

这种采访形式让阅读变得特别容易，让记者对他们工作的某些方面进行调查和挑战，这给了它一个有趣的动态，这是一个有用而迷人的收藏。(汉娜•格雷恩 2017-12-01)

This useful book is packed with insights which will excite the curiosity of the general public, academics and new researchers... each chapter and the additional readings therein will undoubtedly energize readers interested in the subject of the chapter. The book provides multiple perspectives in showing how social science helps us understand how society operates and information to influence politicians to address societal issues. (Mel D’Souza)

I read a lot of books on methodology and the philosophy of the social sciences and I found this one light reading in comparison to most. It performs a necessary function in the wider context of social science methodology literature because the conversational style is intimate and relaxed but does not over-simplify the issues. This is a book you can read ‘on the go’ yet it is edifying. The chapters make sense as stand-alone case studies and offer enough intellectual stimulation to make you think deeply about research in a reflexive way. As I read each chapter I felt my own positionality in relation to the issues much more keenly than I usually do. For that reason especially, I think this is a welcome contribution to the literature. (Gail Edwards)

The interview format makes it particularly easy to read, and having the journalist probe and challenge the expert on certain aspects of their work gives it an interesting dynamic....this is a useful and engaging collection.(Hannah Grene 2017-12-01)

About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•埃德蒙兹是英国广播公司的获奖纪录片制作人。他是几本书的作者或合著者，其中包括《维特根斯坦的扑克》(《卫报》第一个图书奖的入围作品)，鲍比•费希尔参加战争(塞缪尔•约翰逊奖的长期提名)，以及卢梭的《狗》。他最近的书是《你会杀了那个胖子吗？》他是牛津大学希尔实用伦理学中心的高级研究员。

David Edmonds is an award-winning documentary maker for the BBC. He is the author or co-author (with John Eidinow) of several books, including Wittgenstein’s Poker (short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award), Bobby Fischer Goes To War (long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize), and Rousseau’s Dog. His most recent book is Would You Kill The Fat Man? He is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

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