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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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press,
2009
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| Ausgabe: | [Nachdr.] |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
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| Schlagworte: | Social sciences and history History |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (425 p) |
| 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (425 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780226749181 0226749185 9780226749198 0226749193 |