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Theoretical methods in social history /
Theoretical Methods in Social History examines how generality can be wrested from historical facts. The book explores the various aspects on the application of social theory to historical materials. Chapters delve on various historical issues such as the sociological bias of Trotsky and De Tocquevil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
�1978.
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| Colección: | Studies in social discontinuity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Theoretical Methods in Social History; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. WHAT THEORY IN HISTORY SHOULD BE AND DO; Why General Ideas Are Justified; The Logical Positivist Version of Research; Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Methods; Epochal Interpretations; The Theoretical Character of Narrative; The Intellectual Tradition and This Book; Logic, Classes, and Causal Statements; A Case of Analogy; Explication; History in Modern Sociology; Empiricism and Theoretical Strategies; Technical Appendix: The Logic of Analogy
- CHAPTER 2. ANALOGY AND GENERALITY IN TROTSKY AND DE TOCQUEVILLEThe Sociological Bias of Trotsky and de Tocqueville; The Sociology of Authority; Authority and Effectiveness; The Social Construction of Authoritative Purposes; Democracy, Liberty, and Authority; Authority and Inequality or Justice
- Structures of Authority and Strategic Groups; Authority and Symbols; Authority and Dual Power; The Implications of the Preceding Discussion; Geographical, Social, or Political Distribution as an Index of a Process; The Predispositions of Systems; Principles of Cumulative Causation; Virtual Choice
- ConclusionsCHAPTER 3. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CLASS RELATIONS IN SMELSER AND BENDIX; Smelser's Argument; Functional Explanation of Change; Disturbance
- The Problems of Running a Family; Ideal Sequence Comparison; Comparative Histories of Roles; The Argument from Functional Completeness; The Theory and the Strategy; Bendix on Management Ideology; Identification of Ideological Problems; The Variety of Ideological Products; Analogy between Intellectual Productions; CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION; What Makes Human Actions Analogous?; The Logic of Concepts; REFERENCES; INDEX