02911nam 2200625Ia 450 991082361110332120200520144314.01-280-13919-60-203-00914-2(CKB)1000000000253607(EBL)214483(OCoLC)475920908(SSID)ssj0000118922(PQKBManifestationID)11145206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118922(PQKBWorkID)10057068(PQKB)10981400(Au-PeEL)EBL214483(CaPaEBR)ebr10094220(CaONFJC)MIL516367(MiAaPQ)EBC214483(EXLCZ)99100000000025360720021104e20031973 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCause and Meaning in the Social Sciences /Ernest GellnerLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (243 p.)Selected philosophical themes ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-30296-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 kinshipChapter 13 Nature and society in social anthropologyChapter 14 The alchemists of sociology; Chapter 15 The sociology of faith; Sources; Index of names; Index of subjectsThis 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.PhilosophyPolitical sciencePhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophyEthnologyPhilosophyPhilosophy.Political sciencePhilosophy.Social sciencesPhilosophy.EthnologyPhilosophy.192Gellner Ernest128105MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823611103321Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences3945981UNINA