A history and theory of the social sciences : not all that is solid melts into air / / Peter Wagner

• Autore: Wagner Peter <1956->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Thousand Oaks [Calif.], : SAGE, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 200 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.9
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - History; Social sciences - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Historicising the Social Sciences; Part I - Reconsidering the History of the Social Sciences; Chapter 1 - As a Philosophical Science Unjustifiable, as an Empirical Science Anything else but New; Chapter 2 - Time of Politics, and not of Law; Chapter 3 - Adjusting Social Relations; Chapter 4 - The Mythical Promise of Societal Renewal; Chapter 5 - Out of Step; Part II - Rethinking Key Concepts of the Social Sciences; Chapter 6 - Choice and Decision-Making; Chapter 7 - Action and Institution; Chapter 8 - Culture (with Heidrun Friese) ; Chapter 9 - Society Chapter 10 - Polity; Chapter 11 - Modernity; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work provides a unique, systematic account of the emergence and development of the social sciences in relation to the politico-institutional development of Western societies - linking a history to the theory.
• Altri titoli varianti: Not all that is solid melts into air
• Titolo autorizzato: A history and theory of the social sciences
• ISBN: 1-283-88102-0; 1-4462-6451-3; 0-7619-6568-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822083803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)