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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779001903321

Autore

Wagner Peter <1956 September 18->

Titolo

A history and theory of the social sciences [[electronic resource] ] : not all that is solid melts into air / / Peter Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2001

ISBN

1-283-88102-0

1-4462-6451-3

0-7619-6568-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 200 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

300.9

Soggetti

Social sciences - History - 19th century

Social sciences - History - 20th century

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Historicising the Social Sciences; Part I - Reconsidering the History of the Social Sciences; Chapter 1 - As a Philosophical Science Unjustifiable, as an Empirical Science Anything else but New; Chapter 2 - Time of Politics, and not of Law; Chapter 3 - Adjusting Social Relations; Chapter 4 - The Mythical Promise of Societal Renewal; Chapter 5 - Out of Step; Part II - Rethinking Key Concepts of the Social Sciences; Chapter 6 - Choice and Decision-Making; Chapter 7 - Action and Institution; Chapter 8 - Culture (with Heidrun Friese)

Chapter 9 - Society Chapter 10 - Polity; Chapter 11 - Modernity; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides a unique, systematic account of the emergence and development of the social sciences in relation to the politico-institutional development of Western societies - linking a history to the theory.