Wayward Puritans

副标题: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance, Classic Edition

ISBN: 9780205424030

出版社: Allyn & Bacon

出版年: 2004-10-01

页数: 272

定价: USD 48.60

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This book uses the Puritan settlement in 17th-century Massachusetts as a setting in which to examine several ideas about deviant behavior in society. Combining sociology and history, Erikson draws on the records of the Bay Colony to illustrate the way in which deviant behavior fits in the texture of social life generally. The main argument of Wayward Puritans is that deviant forms of behavior are often a valuable resource in society, providing a point of contrast which is necessary for the maintenance of a coherent social order.