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Wagner Peter <1956 September 18-> |
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Titolo |
A history and theory of the social sciences [[electronic resource] ] : not all that is solid melts into air / / Peter Wagner |
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ISBN |
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1-283-88102-0 |
1-4462-6451-3 |
0-7619-6568-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 200 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - History - 19th century |
Social sciences - History - 20th century |
Social sciences - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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