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Geography, History and Social Sciences
. Ed(S): Benko, Georges; Strohmayer, Ulf
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Hardback. The complex relations between territory and the social sciences are explained by investigators from different disciplines: geography, economy, sociology and history. This title demonstrates the vigor of the concept of space within the social sciences in general, and within the historical social sciences in particular. Editor(s): Benko, Georges; Strohmayer, Ulf. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
Georges Benko «Societies are much messier than our theories of them» Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power 1 Towards a unified social theory Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains 'ethnocentric'. It was ... Read more
Georges Benko «Societies are much messier than our theories of them» Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power 1 Towards a unified social theory Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains 'ethnocentric'. It was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792325437
SKU
V9780792325437
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99-15
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