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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823611103321

Autore

Gellner Ernest

Titolo

Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences / / Ernest Gellner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-280-13919-6

0-203-00914-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Selected philosophical themes ; ; 1

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Philosophy

Political science - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

Ethnology - 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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Explanation in history; Chapter 2 Concepts and society; Chapter 3 Winch's idea of a social science; Chapter 4 The new idealism-cause and meaning in the social sciences; Chapter 5 The entry of the philosophers; Chapter 6 Time and theory in social anthropology; Chapter 7 Sociology and social anthropology; Chapter 8 On Malinowski; Chapter 9 On Evans-Pritchard; Chapter 10 On structuralism; Chapter 11 Ideal language and kinship structure; Chapter 12 The concept of kinship

Chapter 13 Nature and society in social anthropologyChapter 14 The alchemists of sociology; Chapter 15 The sociology of faith; Sources; Index of names; Index of subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on key conceptual issues in the social sciences, such as Winch's idea of a social science, structuralism, Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard, and the concept of kinship.  In particular it deals with such problems as the relationship of nature and culture, the relevance of concepts drawn from within a given society to its understanding, and the relation of theory to time.