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A History and Theory of the Social Sciences: Not All That Is Solid Melts into Air

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Divided into two parts, this book examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the `organization of modernity', in relation to ideas of social planning, and as contributors to the `rationalistic revolution' of the `golden age' of capitalism in the 1950s and 60s. Part two examines key concepts in the social sciences. It begins with some of the broadest concepts used by social scientists: choice, decision, action and institution and moves on to examine the `collectivist alternative': the concepts of society, culture and polity, which are often dismissed as untenable by postmodernists today. This is a major contribution to contemporary social theory and provides a host of essential insights into the task of social scie
Request Code : ZLIBIO421258
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Year:
2001
Edition:
1st
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Language:
English
Pages:
200
ISBN 10:
0761965688
ISBN 13:
9780761965688
ISBN:
0761965688,9780761965688
Series:
Theory, Culture & Society

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