LEADER 02938nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910783850203321 005 20230124182026.0 010 $a1-280-13919-6 010 $a0-203-00914-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253607 035 $a(EBL)214483 035 $a(OCoLC)475920908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118922 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145206 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118922 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10057068 035 $a(PQKB)10981400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL214483 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094220 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL516367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC214483 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253607 100 $a20021104e20031973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCause and Meaning in the Social Sciences$b[electronic resource] /$fErnest Gellner 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 0 $aSelected philosophical themes ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-30296-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aEthnology$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEthnology$xPhilosophy. 676 $a192 700 $aGellner$b Ernest$0128105 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783850203321 996 $aCause and Meaning in the Social Sciences$93682607 997 $aUNINA