02845nam 2200685Ia 450 991082063590332120200520144314.01-135-15572-01-135-15573-91-282-97415-797866129741510-203-85723-210.4324/9780203857236 (CKB)1000000000821554(EBL)460315(OCoLC)609845524(SSID)ssj0000365969(PQKBManifestationID)11257535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365969(PQKBWorkID)10414738(PQKB)10189908(MiAaPQ)EBC460315(Au-PeEL)EBL460315(CaPaEBR)ebr10361642(CaONFJC)MIL297415(OCoLC)647850219 (EXLCZ)99100000000082155420760220d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial evolution and sociological categories /Paul Q. Hirst1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon Routledge20101 online resource (96 p.)Routledge revivalsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-57299-1 0-415-57128-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Three Forms of Evolutionary Theory; 3 Weber's Sociological Categories; 4 The Theory of Social Action; 5 The Three Types of Legitimate Domination; 6 The Sociological Categories of Economic Action; 7 The Critique of Popular Democracy; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexFirst published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified - societies, social institutions - are not given to knowledge independently of the categories which construct them and because the categories of classification are themselves the products of theories.Routledge revivals.Social sciencesMethodologySocial evolutionSocial sciencesClassificationSocial sciencesMethodology.Social evolution.Social sciences300.1Hirst Paul Q159119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820635903321Social evolution and sociological categories1738899UNINA