Materialism and microsociology—a reply to Michele Barrett

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Sociology of Health & IllnessVolume 4, Issue 1 p. 98-101 Free Access Materialism and microsociology—a reply to Michele Barrett P. M. Strong, P. M. Strong Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, University of OxfordSearch for more papers by this author P. M. Strong, P. M. Strong Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, University of OxfordSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1982 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.ep11345821Citations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1 , P. Strong, ‘Sociological Imperialism and the Profession of Medicine’, Social Science and Medicine, 13A (1979), 199– 215. 2 , S. Timpanaro, On Materialism, London : Verso, 1980. 3 , M. Barrett, ‘Timpanaro: Materialism and the Question of Biology’, Sociology of Health and Illness, 3 (1981), 337– 45. 4 , See especially E. Bittner, ‘Radicalism and the Organisation of Radical Movements’, American Sociological Reivew XXVIII (1963), 928– 40; also P. Strong, and K. McPherson, ‘Natural Science and Medicine; Social Science and Medicine: Some Methodological Controversies’, Social Science and Medicine (in press). 5 , See M. Von Cranach, et al., Human Ethology: Claims and Limits of a New Discipline, Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1979. 6 , M. Midgley, Beast and Man, Hassocks , Sussex : Harvester, 1979. 7 , See H. Waitzkin, ‘Medicine, Superstructure and Micropolitics’, Social Science and Medicine, 13A (1979), 600– 11; and P. Strong, “Materialsim and Medical Interaction: A Critique of “Medicine, Superstructure and MicropoUtics”, Social Science and Medicine, 13A (1979), 613-19. 8 , M. Barrett, op. cit., p. 340. 9 , A. Reck. Recent American Philosophy, New York : Pantheon, 1964, ch. 3. 10 , D. Bell, ‘The Return of the Sacred? The Argument on the Future of Religion’, British Journal of Sociology, 28 (1977), 419– 49. 11 , B. Glaser, and A. Strauss, Awareness of Dying, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London , 1965; A. Strauss, and B. Glaser, Anguish, London: Martin Robertson, 1977; D. Sudnow Passing On: The Social Organisation of Dying, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1967. 12 , See E. Goffman, Relations in Public, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1971. 13 , J. Van den Berg, The Psychology of the Sickbed, New York : Humanities Press, 1972. 14 , A. Lindesmith, and A. Strauss, Social Psychology ( 2nd edition). New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. 15 , M. Montaigne, ‘ On the Art of Conversation in his Essays (translated J. M. Cohen) Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1958, 295– 6. Citing Literature Volume4, Issue1March 1982Pages 98-101 ReferencesRelatedInformation