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Transformation in the Writing
Kurt H. Wolff
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Hardback. Develops the concepts presented in "Surrender and Catch" (1976) and applied to sociology and its history in "Survival and Sociology" (1991) and autobiography in "O Loma!" (1989). This title explores how author's hypothesis of Surrender(-and-Catch) bears on aspects of autobiography (emigre status, field work), sociology of knowledge, and poetry. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 541.
Kurt Wolff has written principally in two veins (in English) for the last fifty years, 1) on sociology, epistemology (sociology of knowledge) and the philosophy of sociology; and 2) on the relevance of his formulation of "surrender and catch" to human experience, particularly in its cogni tive forms. He published Trying Sociology in 1974, which contains his writings on sociology, and Surrender and Catch: Experience and Inquiry Today in 1976, which contains his writings on surrender-and-catch. In more recent years, he has published two books, 0 Loma! Constituting a Self (1977-1984) in 1989 and Survival and Sociology: Vindicating the Human ... Read more
Kurt Wolff has written principally in two veins (in English) for the last fifty years, 1) on sociology, epistemology (sociology of knowledge) and the philosophy of sociology; and 2) on the relevance of his formulation of "surrender and catch" to human experience, particularly in its cogni tive forms. He published Trying Sociology in 1974, which contains his writings on sociology, and Surrender and Catch: Experience and Inquiry Today in 1976, which contains his writings on surrender-and-catch. In more recent years, he has published two books, 0 Loma! Constituting a Self (1977-1984) in 1989 and Survival and Sociology: Vindicating the Human ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792331780
SKU
V9780792331780
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