ISBN:
0226001059
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9780226001012
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9780226001050
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 259 pages)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301/.01
Schlagwort(e):
Social Science
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Sociologie / Philosophie
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Sciences sociales / Philosophie
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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Social sciences / Philosophy
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Sociology / Philosophy
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Sociale wetenschappen
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Filosofische aspecten
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Philosophie sociale
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Sociologie / Philosophie
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Philosophie
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Soziologie
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Philosophie
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Soziologie
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Sociology Philosophy
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Social sciences Philosophy
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Selbstähnlichkeit
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Philosophie
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Soziologie
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Electronic books
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Selbstähnlichkeit
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Soziologie
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Philosophie
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index
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Preface; Prologue; Part 1 Self-Similarity in Social Science; 1 The Chaos of Disciplines; 2 The Duality of Stress; 3 The Fraction of Construction; 4 The Unity of History; 5 The Context of Disciplines; Part 2 Two Essays on Self-Similarity; 6 Self-Similar Social Structures; 7 The Selfishness of Men; Epilogue; References; Index
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In this vital new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. Chaos of Disciplines reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, Abbott contends that disciplines instead cycle around an inevitable pattern of core principles. New schools of thought, then, are less a reaction to an established order than they are a reinvention of fundamental concepts. Chaos of Disciplines uses fractals to explain the patterns of disciplines
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