ISBN:
9789047442462
,
9047442466
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (vi, 445 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Annals of the International Institute of Sociology 1568-1548 v. 11
Series Statement:
Annals of the International Institute of Sociology v. 11
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Frontiers of sociology
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology Congresses
;
Sociology Congresses
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
;
Sociology
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Electronic books Conference proceedings
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Contents; Introduction: Frontiers of Sociology (Peter Hedström and Björn Wittrock); THE LEGACY AND FRONTIERS OF SOCIOLOGY; The Emergence of Universalism: An Affi rmative Genealogy (Hans Joas); The Social Sciences and the Two Relativisms (Raymond Boudon); The Return to Values in Recent Sociological Theory (Piotr Sztompka); Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges (Jack A. Goldstone); Toward a New Comprehensive Social Science (Dietrich Rueschemeyer); SOCIOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL SCIENCES.
Abstract:
History and Sociology: Transmutations of Historical Reasoning in the Social Sciences (Björn Wittrock)Axial Visions and Axial Civilizations: The Transformations of World Histories between Evolutionary Tendencies and Institutional Formations (S.N. Eisenstadt); Social "Mechanisms" and Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal (Philip Gorski); SOCIOLOGY AND THE ECONOMIC SCIENCES; Sociology and the Economic Sciences (Neil J. Smelser); Formal Theory in the Social Sciences (Richard Br.
Abstract:
The 37th World Congress of the IIS focused on theory and research at the forefront of sociology and the relationship between sociology and its neighbouring disciplines. This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the standing of sociology
Note:
"A little more than half of the chapters of this book draw on texts that were originally presented at the 37th World Congress"--P. 2. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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