Sociology As an Art Form

In this reprint of the 1976 volume by the same title, Nisbet (1913-1996, humanities, Columbia U.) shows how sociology has strong ties to literature, painting, Romantic history, and 19th-century philosophy, by examining the ways that early sociologist such as Marx and Weber described people and their situations in the same ways that artists of the day portrayed them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)