Uncertain Outlines: Views on the Contemporary Society

The book´ subject is ?forms of the contemporary society?, such a ?concrete images?, that are very hard, almost ?promethean?, to describe but ?in the medium range? (Merton). It can be done through its ?shapes?, its self-definition and self-reproduction processes that make the (even modest) sociologist, a real ?entronaut?, to do constant reembedding and conceptual disembedding operations, that appear acrobatically correct and aim to continuously build ?the discourse on a discourse?, belonging to it and making it meaningful. ?Thinking sociologically? (Bauman) mainly means a disciplined look that is methodologically grounded on daily practices, revised in cognitive maps overcoming the immediacy and situatedness of the practice itself and making to talk about ?social science? possible.