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Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Logical Critique of Sociology written by John Stuart Mill and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804720113
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Logic of Practice written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our usual representations of the opposition between the "civilized" and the "primitive" derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of distance our social science sets up between the observer and the observed. In fact, the author argues, the relationship between the anthropologist and his object of study is a particular instance of the relationship between knowing and doing, interpreting and using, symbolic mastery and practical masteryor between logical logic, armed with all the accumulated instruments of objectification, and the universally pre-logical logic of practice. In this, his fullest statement of a theory of practice, Bourdieu both sets out what might be involved in incorporating one's own standpoint into an investigation and develops his understanding of the powers inherent in the second member of many oppositional pairsthat is, he explicates how the practical concerns of daily life condition the transmission and functioning of social or cultural forms. The first part of the book, "Critique of Theoretical Reason," covers more general questions, such as the objectivization of the generic relationship between social scientific observers and their objects of study, the need to overcome the gulf between subjectivism and objectivism, the interplay between structure and practice (a phenomenon Bourdieu describes via his concept of the habitus), the place of the body, the manipulation of time, varieties of symbolic capital, and modes of domination. The second part of the book, "Practical Logics," develops detailed case studies based on Bourdieu's ethnographic fieldwork in Algeria. These examples touch on kinship patterns, the social construction of domestic space, social categories of perception and classification, and ritualized actions and exchanges. This book develops in full detail the theoretical positions sketched in Bourdieu's Outline of a Theory of Practice. It will be especially useful to readers seeking to grasp the subtle concepts central to Bourdieu's theory, to theorists interested in his points of departure from structuralism (especially fom Lévi-Strauss), and to critics eager to understand what role his theory gives to human agency. It also reveals Bourdieu to be an anthropological theorist of considerable originality and power.
Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317807057
Total Pages : 1669 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Logic in Sociology written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 1669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four volume work, originally published in the 1980s and out of print for some years, represents a major attempt to redirect the course of contemporary sociological thought. Jeffrey Alexander analyses the most general and fundamental elements of sociological thinking about action and order and their ramifications for empirical study. He insists that sociological thought need not choose between voluntary action and social constraint. The four volumes can be read independently of one another as each presents a distinctive theoretical argument in its own right. The first volume is directed at contemporary problems and controversies, not only in ‘theory’ but in the philosophy and sociology of science. The last three volumes make interpretations, confronting the individual theorists, and the secondary literature, on their own terms.
Author : John H. Goldthorpe
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804750004
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (5 download)
Download or read book On Sociology Second Edition Volume Two written by John H. Goldthorpe and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: see copy for volume one.
Author : Claude Rosental
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691139401
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Weaving Self-evidence written by Claude Rosental and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of theorems in logic is generally thought to be a solitary and purely cerebral activity, and therefore unobservable by sociologists. In Weaving Self-Evidence, French sociologist Claude Rosental challenges this notion by tracing the history of one well-known recent example in the field of artificial intelligence--a theorem on the foundations of fuzzy logic. Rosental's analyses disclose the inherently social nature of the process by which propositions in logic are produced, disseminated, and established as truths. Rosental describes the different phases of the emergence of the theorem on fuzzy logic, from its earliest drafts through its publication and diffusion, discussion and reformulation, and eventual acceptance by the scientific community. Through observations made at major universities and scholarly conferences, and in electronic forums, he looks at the ways students are trained in symbolic manipulations and formal languages and examines how researchers work, interact, and debate emerging new ideas. By carefully analyzing the concrete mechanisms that lead to the collective development and corroboration of proofs, Rosental shows how a logical discovery and its recognition within the scholarly community are by no means the product of any one individual working in isolation, but rather a social process that can be observed and studied. Weaving Self-Evidence will interest students and researchers in sociology and the history and philosophy of science and technology, and anyone curious about how scientists work.
Author : Kristin Luker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674040384
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences written by Kristin Luker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.
Author : Momin Rahman
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745633773
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Gender and Sexuality written by Momin Rahman and published by Polity. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new introduction to the sociology of gender and sexuality provides fresh insight into our rapidly changing attitudes towards sex and our understanding of masculine and feminine identities, relating the study of gender and sexuality to recent research and theory, and wider social concerns throughout the world.
Author : Nathan J. Keirns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781938168413
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Sociology 2e written by Nathan J. Keirns and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This text is intended for a one-semester introductory course."--Page 1.
Author : Steve Bruce
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192555804
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Sociology written by Steve Bruce and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology for understanding the modern world. In this new edition Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity. As gender divisions are increasingly questioned he looks ahead to the likely consequences of this for society. Delving into the theory of sociology, Bruce also argues that the habit of dividing sociology into apparently competing 'sects' is misleading, and shows how a new understanding of the disciplinary background of many of the most famous theorists, which shows that much social theory is actually philosophy or literary theory, will prove useful to today's sociologists. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : George N. Katsiaficas
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 : 9780829015959
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Critical Sociology written by George N. Katsiaficas and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1987 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marian T. Adolf
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319769952
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Nico Stehr: Pioneer in the Theory of Society and Knowledge written by Marian T. Adolf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume brings together a selection of the most important texts of Nico Stehr for the first time and puts them in dialogue with original research that draws on his prolific work. Covering five decades of pioneering sociological research on the theory of society and knowledge, the book introduces the reader to Stehr’s seminal inquiries into the economic, political and social role of knowledge. Original concepts, such as his groundbreaking studies on the Knowledge Society, are introduced as the volume traces Stehr’s pursuit of social scientific research as a source of practical knowledge for modern society. The book comprises three parts devoted to the many facets and the remarkable range of Nico Stehr’s oeuvre. Part 1 provides an introduction to the significance of his pioneering work and career. Part 2 demonstrates the practical application of Nico Stehr’s research as seen through the eyes of eminent scholars. Part 3 presents a selection of the milestones of his publications.
Author : Richard Harvey Brown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226076199
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book A Poetic for Sociology written by Richard Harvey Brown and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-03-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, argues Richard Harvey Brown, social scientists have felt forced to choose between imitating science's empirical methodology and impersonating a romantic notion of art, the methods of which are seen as primarily a matter of intuition, interpretation, and opinion. Developing the idea of a "cognitive aesthetic," Brown shows how both science and art—as well as the human studies that stand between them—depend on metaphoric thinking as their "logic of discovery" and may be assessed in terms of such aesthetic criteria of adequacy as economy, elegance, originality, scope, congruence, and form. By recognizing this "aesthetic" common ground between science and art, Brown demonstrates that a fusion can be achieved within the human sciences of these two principal ideals of knowledge—the scientific or positivist one and the artistic or intuitive one. A path, then, is opened for creating a knowledge of ourselves and society which is at once objective and subjective, at once valid scientifically and significantly humane.
Author : David Inglis
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473958687
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology written by David Inglis and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field. The Handbook′s 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections: Theoretical Paradigms Major Methodological Perspectives Domains of Inquiry Cultural Sociology in Contexts Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches Both comprehensive and current, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136820698
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Theory of Action (Routledge Revivals) written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Smart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134479735
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Sociology, Phenomenology and Marxian Analysis written by Barry Smart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology is an established academic discipline but there has been continuing debate over its status as a science and the nature of its subject matter. This led to the emergence of a phenomenological sociology and to critiques of positivist sociology. This critical reappraisal of the relevance of Marxian analysis for a science of society shows how these developments within sociology have had their counterpart in Marxism. The author analyses the status of Marx’s work and the Marxist ‘tradition’ in sociology. He focuses upon those concerns which are common to both Marxian analysis and sociology – the question of subjectivity; the nature of social reality; and the dialectical relationship of the ‘doing’ or practice of a science of society to the social world within which such social analyses are situated. Originally published in 1976.
Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520030626
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Logic in Sociology written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317808827
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Positivism, Presupposition and Current Controversies (Theoretical Logic in Sociology) written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume begins by challenging the bases of the recent scientization of sociology. Then it challenges some of the ambitious claims of recent theoretical debate. The author not only reinterprets the most important classical and modern sociological theories but extracts from the debates the elements of a more satisfactory, inclusive approach to these general theoretical points.
