Logics of history : social theory and social transformation

While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History...

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1. Verfasser: Sewell, William Hamilton 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009
Ausgabe:[Nachdr.]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
Schlagworte:Social sciences and history History
Umfang:Online-Ressource (425 p)
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Zusammenfassung:While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History argues that both history and the social sciences have something crucial to offer each other. While historians do not think of themselves as theorists, they know something social scientists do not: how to think about the temporalities of social life. On the other hand, while social scient
Beschreibung:Description based upon print version of record
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (425 p)
ISBN:9780226749181
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