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Autore |
Heilbron Johan |
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The rise of social theory / / Johan Heilbron ; translated by Sheila Gogol |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1995 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Collana |
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Contradictions of modernity |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociology - History |
Social sciences - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-308) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Rise of Social Theory; Introduction; Part II: From Social Theory to Social Science; Introduction; Part III: Foundations of Sociology; Introduction; Conclusion; Notes; Index; B; C; E; H; L; N; S; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A brilliant account of the origins of social theory and sociology, which provides a vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the Enlightenment and the age of romanticism. The Rise of Social Theory is a methodologically innovative work, combining social and intellectual history to examine changes in the social sciences, along with the conditions under which these changes occurred. Heilbron discusses the work of early theorists such as Montesquieu and Rousseau, as well as the Scottish moral philosophers. He argues that it was the natural sciences, rather than moral philosophy or natural l |
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