ISBN:
9780674556577
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (208 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Max Weber's Methodology : The Unification of the Cultural and Social Sciences
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Methodology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Interpretation and Explanation -- 1. Aspects of Weber's Intellectual Field -- The German Historical Tradition -- The Threat of 'Positivism' -- The Revival of the Humanistic Disciplines -- 2. Weber's Adaptation of Rickert -- Rickert's Position and Its Problems -- Weber's Adaptation -- Against Naturalism, Holism, and Irrationalism -- 3. Singular Causal Analysis -- Objective Probability and Adequate Causation -- The Frameworks and Tactics of Causal Analysis -- Contemporary Formulations -- 4. Interpretation and Explanation -- From Interpretation to Causal Analysis -- Interpretive Sociology -- The Ideal Type and Its Functions -- 5. Objectivity and Value Neutrality -- The Two Components of Weber's Position through 1910 -- The Maxim and Ethos of Value Neutrality -- Contemporary Formulations -- 6. From Theory to Practice -- Neither Marxism nor Idealism -- From Methodological Individualism to the Comparative Analysis of Structural Change -- An Example of Weber's Practice: The Protestant Ethic -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Interpretation and Explanation""; ""1. Aspects of Weber's Intellectual Field""; ""The German Historical Tradition""; ""The Threat of �Positivism�""; ""The Revival of the Humanistic Disciplines""; ""2. Weber's Adaptation of Rickert""; ""Rickert's Position and Its Problems""; ""Weber's Adaptation""; ""Against Naturalism, Holism, and Irrationalism""; ""3. Singular Causal Analysis""; ""Objective Probability and Adequate Causation""; ""The Frameworks and Tactics of Causal Analysis""; ""Contemporary Formulations""
Description / Table of Contents:
""4. Interpretation and Explanation""""From Interpretation to Causal Analysis""; ""Interpretive Sociology""; ""The Ideal Type and Its Functions""; ""5. Objectivity and Value Neutrality""; ""The Two Components of Weber's Position through 1910""; ""The Maxim and Ethos of Value Neutrality""; ""Contemporary Formulations""; ""6. From Theory to Practice""; ""Neither Marxism nor Idealism""; ""From Methodological Individualism to the Comparative Analysis of Structural Change""; ""An Example of Weber's Practice: The Protestant Ethic""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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