Social Evolution and Sociological Categories.

First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hirst, Paul
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Collection:Routledge revivals.
Sujets:
Social sciences > Methodology.
Social evolution.
Social sciences > Classification.
Évolution sociale.
Sciences sociales > Classification.
Social evolution
Social sciences
Social sciences > Methodology
Classification
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified societies, social institutions are not given to knowledge independently of the categories which construct them and because the categories of classification are themselves the products of theories.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (96 pages).
ISBN:9780203857236
0203857232

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