Pragmatische Soziologie: Eine Anleitung / Pragmatic Sociology: A Guide

During the last thirty years, "pragmatic sociology" has produced a considerable amount of empirical investigations relating to all areas of social life. In accordance with the theoretical and methodological assumptions pragmatic sociology intended to defend, it has developed significantly new ways to conduct inquiries, collect data, explore their fields, think through the cases and controversies it used as entry points to explore the social order and its always problematic reproduction. The aim of this paper is to characterize the pragmatic style in sociology by highlighting its methodological requisites and practical implications in the conduct of research.