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Book Synopsis Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences by : H. Wiarda
Download or read book Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences written by H. Wiarda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the main competing grand theories in the social sciences, including developmentalism, dependency analysis, Marxism, institutionalism, rational choice, Freudianism, environmentalism, sociobiology, neurosciences, and transitions to democracy.
Book Synopsis Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences by : H. Wiarda
Download or read book Grand Theories and Ideologies in the Social Sciences written by H. Wiarda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the main competing grand theories in the social sciences, including developmentalism, dependency analysis, Marxism, institutionalism, rational choice, Freudianism, environmentalism, sociobiology, neurosciences, and transitions to democracy.
Book Synopsis Ideology in Social Science by : Robin Blackburn
Download or read book Ideology in Social Science written by Robin Blackburn and published by Fontana Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [The book presents a critique of the dominant ideologies in the major social sciences. Crucial issues for the understan- ding of society- the nature of capitalizm, the situation of the working class and the characteristics of US imperialism-are examined to develop this critique.The readings then indicate the sources of scientific alternatives to thr prevailing ideological conceptions of social theory]
Book Synopsis A Grand Unified Theory of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume I the World-Outlook Field by : Alexander Flynt
Download or read book A Grand Unified Theory of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume I the World-Outlook Field written by Alexander Flynt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-11-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a story of how ideas become culture. It shows how intuited ideas and feelings come to interpret the world as to the human condition and the desirable way of responding to it. It shows how such perceptions become articulated as world-outlooks-religions, philosophies, or ideologies that can be shared by others. And finally-out of their embedded sense of the human condition and how to respond to it-these world-outlooks give their particular logic to variations in cultural development. This logic is seen in the consistency of form and function found in such universal cultural features as art, reason, education, warfare, ethics, psychology, inventiveness, government, law, industriousness, class-structure, and economics. Modify a world-outlook and-even under the same name-these cultural features will begin to change in understandable ways. This book introduces a theory making all this understandable. Using psychological dispositions in explaining individual behavior or assertions of human nature in explaining the foundations of civilizations-people have always expounded their understanding of other people's approaches to life by describing specific mentalities behind such approaches. As part of their belief/culture systems, all societies have examples of human mentalities within their myths, histories, and literature. When stripped to their essences, it turns out that the range and types of mentalities recognized are remarkably the same within all societies. What differs is which of these mentalities are allowed to grow into religions, philosophies or ideologies-interpreting the human condition and how to respond to it-and which mentalities are blocked in their expression. Within this pattern are the starting points of the agreements and disagreements that are most distinctly human-ultimately concerning what people will live or die for-or send their children to die for. Grounded at different levels of this struggle are the elements most unique to the humanities and social sciences-and the basis for an integrated understanding of their subject matters. The phenomenon of people interpreting the human condition and approaching life differently out of different mentalities has long been recognized by scholars and thinkers as a starting point for explaining variations within the belief/cultural systems of the world. Yet, the elements, connections, and processes involved have never been fully recognized or understood within a single framework of thought-that is, from an Archimedean perspective or within a single sweep of the mind. The elements, connections, and processes of this phenomenon remain only partially understood and in fragments as did the pattern of the solar system prior to Copernicus or the explanation of variation within flora and fauna prior to Darwin. By mentioning these breakthroughs in science, I am suggesting the magnitude of what has been attempted in this study-and I am inviting criticisms suitable for claims of this order. Regarding the human phenomenon that I have been describing as having been understood in imprecise and fragmented terms, I have reduced its elements to their natural essentials and shown how the interplay between them can be viewed in terms of logical outcomes rather than rough correlations. What I am offering is a comprehensive theory for understanding the emergence of-and variations within-the most important intellectual and uniquely human cultural expressions of individuals, groups, societies, and civilizations. I have shown this to be understandable within a single framework-allowing new material to be integrated with older material as it is being learned and older material, long held in isolation, to be newly discovered as connected to other knowledge. The theory should prove useful at all levels of teaching and learning as well as to those involved in understanding and implementing social decisions.
Book Synopsis On the Boundaries by : Howard J. Wiarda
Download or read book On the Boundaries written by Howard J. Wiarda and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Boundaries focuses on the connections between international relations, comparative politics, and foreign policy. To many observers, international relations and comparative politics have recently lost focus. Both fields continually move away from foreign policy concerns. In this provocative volume, Howard J. Wiarda details where these fields have gone astray, indicates what must be done to correct their downward trajectories, and offers probing analyses of recent hot political topics that re-forge the links between international relations, comparative politics, and foreign policy.
Book Synopsis Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory by : Irving M. Zeitlin
Download or read book Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory written by Irving M. Zeitlin and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides complete, systematic expositions of the classical sociological thinkers, theories, and concepts--from the 18th-century Enlightenment to the 20th century. It features broad, extended, and balanced coverage of both the European theorists of Social Structure as well as the Classical American Theorists of Social Psychology. Covers Montesquieu; Rousseau; Mary Wollstonecraft; Bonald and Maistre; Saint-Simon; Auguste Comte; Alexis de Tocqueville; Harriet Martineau; Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill; Karl Marx; Frederick Engels; Max Weber; Gaitano Mosca; Robert Michels); Émile Durkheim; Karl Mannheim; Charles Sanders Peirce; William James; John Dewey; George Herbert Mead. For anyone interested in Classical Social Theory and Classical Principles of Social Psychology.
Book Synopsis Ideology and the Social Sciences by : Graham Kinloch
Download or read book Ideology and the Social Sciences written by Graham Kinloch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extent to which modern social science continues to reflect the subjective traits of authors and the contexts in which they operate, rather than the objective facts or insights they claim to develop, remains one of the most striking features of social science research and writing. Kinloch and Mohan provide a multidisciplinary and worldwide examination of the ties between the subjective traits of social scientists, the contexts in which they affect research, and the kinds of knowledge they produce. The essays fall into five general topic areas: major theoretical issues, research as ideology, the political context of ideology, major factors in the academic setting, and the relationship between personal biography and professional ideology. This book will be of greatest concern to scholars, students, and researchers involved with the sociology of knowledge, social theory and methods, comparative social science, and social problems.
Book Synopsis Ideology and Social Knowledge by : Harold J. Bershady
Download or read book Ideology and Social Knowledge written by Harold J. Bershady and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes Talcott Parsons' largest-scale effort to overcome the relativism and subjectivism of the social sciences. Harold J. Bershady sets forth Parsons' version of the characteristics desirable for social knowledge, showing that Parsons deems the relativistic and subjectivistic arguments as powerful challenges to the validity of social knowledge. Bershady maintains that all Parsons' intellectual labors exhibit a deep and abiding concern for social knowledge. From his first major work in the 1930s to his later writings on social evolution, Parsons' theoretical aim has been to provide an unassailable answer to the question, "how is social knowledge possible?"Ideological criticisms of Parsons' work, Bershady argues, not only miss his awareness of ideological influences upon social thought, but also miss the logical and epistemological strands of his thinking. This book sheds light on the persistent importance of the work of a major theoretical sociologist of the twentieth century. It also brings into the open and discusses issues of deepest concern to the philosophy and methodology of all of the social sciences.
Book Synopsis Ideology and Social Order (RLE Social Theory) by : Eric Carlton
Download or read book Ideology and Social Order (RLE Social Theory) written by Eric Carlton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truly interdisciplinary work between Sociology and History is are, because one discipline usually exploits the concerns or data of the other. Eric Carlton, however, has succeeded in bringing together the distinctive orientations of sociology and ancient history into a clearly written discussion of concerns crucial to both disciplines. Based on a comparative analysis or two pre-industrial civilisations, those of Ancient Egypt and Classical Athens, the study is primarily concerned with three issues. The first is the relationship between belief and action: does belief (intellectualised as ideology) affect or determine social behaviour? Second, the author examines the ways in which belief contributes to stability and ‘good order’ in society, and asks to what extent such factors as social status and social change are related to institutionalised mechanisms of social control. Finally, he indicates possible sociological frameworks or models which are ideological rather than stratificatory, whereby complex pre-industrial systems might be analysed. By analysing the societies of Ancient Egypt and Classical Athens in institutional terms, Eric Carlton examines the potency and pervasiveness of the ideological factor and shows that it is a persistent and determinative feature of this type of society.
Book Synopsis Translation and Society by : Sergey Tyulenev
Download or read book Translation and Society written by Sergey Tyulenev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential new textbook guides readers through the social aspects and sociologically informed approaches to the study of translation. Sergey Tyulenev surveys implicitly and explicitly sociological approaches to the study of translation, drawing on the most important and influential works both within translation studies and in sociology, as well as recent developments in the field. In addition to the theoretical grounding provided, the book explains in detail the methodology of studying translation from a sociological point of view. Translation and Society discusses why translation should be studied sociologically, reinforces the foundation of the sociologically informed translation research already in existence in the field and outlines possible new directions for the future. Throughout the book there are many examples and case studies and each chapter includes thought-provoking discussion points, possible assignments, and suggestions for further reading. This is an invaluable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Translation Studies.
Book Synopsis The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War by : Nicolas Lewkowicz
Download or read book The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War written by Nicolas Lewkowicz and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1949’ describes how the United States and the Soviet Union deployed their hard and soft power resources to create the basis for the institutionalization of the international order in the aftermath of World War Two. The book argues that the origins of the Cold War should not be seen from the perspective of a magnified spectrum of conflict but should be regarded as a process by which the superpowers attempted to forge a normative framework capable of sustaining their geopolitical needs and interests in the post-war scenario. ‘The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1949’ examines how the use of ideology and the instrument of political intervention in the spheres of influence managed by the superpowers were conducive to the establishment of a stable international order. It postulates that the element of conflict present in the early period of the Cold War served to demarcate the scope of manoeuvring available to each of the superpowers and studies the notion that the United States and the Soviet Union were primarily interested in establishing the conditions for the accomplishment of their vital geostrategic interests. This required the implementation of social norms imposed in the respective spheres of influence, a factor that provided certainty to the spectrum of interstate relations after the period of turmoil that culminated with the onset of World War Two.
Book Synopsis The role of theory in research and practice by : Anele Mngadi
Download or read book The role of theory in research and practice written by Anele Mngadi and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 60, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, course: BA honors, language: English, abstract: Theory is usually used to explain certain conditions and events in society. It’s can be viewed as a collaboration between agreeing thought that has been developed over time. In social research the role of a theory differs depending on the type of methodologies and methods used to conduct the research. This paper aims to look at the relevance of theory and context of theory to a study by referring to grand theory and meta – theory. The aim is to do this firstly by looking at what a theory is and the nature of theory development. It will discuss how a single thought can be developed into a theory and how theories develop and become adaptable to the changing world. It will also look at the different levels of theories with a special focus on meta theory and grand theories. Relevant theories of social sciences but mainly political sciences will be used where applicable to highlight the different levels of theories. This paper also aims to explain the uses of theory when conducting social research and why we use theory to conduct research. In this section the focus will be place on the position and role of theory in Qualitative and Quantitative studies. The section that follows will examine how theory is analysed in social sciences, it will discuss the steps of theory analysis. This paper will also look at the relationship between theory, research and practice, here emphasis will be placed on the role and relevance of theory in improving practice through research.
Book Synopsis Science and Social Science by : Malcolm Williams
Download or read book Science and Social Science written by Malcolm Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its distinctive methodology * the case in favour of an objective science of the social which follows the same rules * The arguments of social constructionists, interpretative sociologists and others against objectivity and even science itself * recent developments in natural science - for instance the rise of complexity theory and the increased questioning of positivism - which bring it closer to some of the key arguments of social science. Throughout, the book is illustrated with short clear examples taken from the actual practice of social science research and from popular works of natural science which will illuminate the debate for all students whatever their background.
Book Synopsis Development and Local Knowledge by : Alan Bicker
Download or read book Development and Local Knowledge written by Alan Bicker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear and ensure that development initiatives meet the needs of indigenous people. Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that arise in the discussion of indigenous knowledge - its proper definition and the methodologies appropriate to the exploitation of local knowledge. These concerns are addressed in a range of ethnographic contexts.
Book Synopsis Ideology in social science : readings in critical social theory by : Robin Blackburn
Download or read book Ideology in social science : readings in critical social theory written by Robin Blackburn and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Concepts and Society (RLE Social Theory) by : Ian C. Jarvie
Download or read book Concepts and Society (RLE Social Theory) written by Ian C. Jarvie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main concern of Dr Jarvie’s book is the relation of belief to action. He argues that people act in society because of beliefs, because of ‘the way they see things’. There is the world of physical and social conditioning – where fixed roles, tropisms, adaptations seem to operate; there is the world of mind – where action, alternatively, seems to originate; but then there is Karl Popper’s ‘third world’ – where dwell the objects of thought (ideals, theories, beliefs, values) which ‘directly affect how people act, and thus affect the way the world is’. Reform, change, improvement, modification, all proceed from the competitive interaction between our private beliefs about the world, and their ‘third world’ brothers. Jarvie contends that the struggle of privately held beliefs to realize themselves in the world through the actions of their believers is a fundamental force behind social change.
Book Synopsis Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills by : James Jaccard
Download or read book Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills written by James Jaccard and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides young scientists with tools to assist them in the practical aspects of theory construction. We take an informal journey through the cognitive heuristics, tricks of the trade, and ways of thinking that we have found to be useful in developing theories-essentially, conceptualizations-that can advance knowledge in the social sciences. This book is intended to provide the instructor with a useful source for helping students come up with ideas for research and for fine-tuning the resultant theories that emerge from such thinking. An objective of this book is to move toward a needed balance in the emphases given to theory construction and theory testing"--
