LEADER 03345oam 22006254a 450 001 9910524690903321 005 20230621141111.0 010 $a0-8018-3470-8 010 $a1-4214-3191-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460787 035 $a(OCoLC)1117488443 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78152 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29138976 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29138976 035 $a(oapen)doab88871 035 $a(OCoLC)1549519288 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460787 100 $a19861211d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPurpose and Necessity in Social Theory$fMaurice Mandelbaum 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2019 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d1987. 210 4$dİ1987. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 197 p. ) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a1-4214-3192-0 311 08$a1-4214-3190-4 320 $aBibliography: p. 171-190. 327 $aCover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One. Introduction -- 1. The Analysis of Social Theories -- Part Two. Individualistic & -- Institutional Theories -- 2. Individualistic Theories of Purpose & -- Necessity -- On Purpose in Individualistic Theories -- Three Types of Necessitarian Explanation -- 3. Necessity & -- Purpose in Institutional Theories -- Developmental Laws and Patterns of Directional Change -- Other Social Laws -- Theories of Functional Necessity -- Part Three. Necessity, Chance & -- Choice -- 4. Determinism & -- Chance -- 5. Determinism & -- Choice -- The Determinants of Choice -- The Moral Implications of Determinism -- The Effectiveness of Choice -- 6. Necessity, Chance & -- Choice in Human Affairs -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aOriginally published in 1987. Philosopher Maurice Mandelbaum offers a broad-ranging essay on the roles of chance, choice, purpose, and necessity in human events. He traces the many changes these concepts have undergone, from the analyses of Hobbes and Spinoza, through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Mandelbaum examines two contrary tendencies in the history of social theories. Some thinkers, he shows, have explained the character of institutions in terms of their individual purposes, whereas others have stressed relationships of necessity among society's institutions. Mandelbaum discusses chance, choice, and necessity at length and reaches some provocative conclusions about the ways in which they are interwoven in human affairs. 606 $aSocial change 606 $aSocial choice 606 $aChance 606 $aNecessity (Philosophy) 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial change. 615 0$aSocial choice. 615 0$aChance. 615 0$aNecessity (Philosophy) 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 676 $a300/.1 700 $aMandelbaum$b Maurice$f1908-1987.$0160056 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524690903321 996 $aPurpose and necessity in social theory$91084488 997 $aUNINA