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The Rise of the Social Sciences and the Formation of Modernity
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Hardcover. Offers a systematic analysis of the rise of modern social science. This volume demonstrates that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850. Editor(s): Heilbron, Johan; Magnusson, Lars; Wittrock, B. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of the rise of modern social science. Contrary to the standard accounts of various social science disciplines, the essays in this volume demonstrate that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850. It is shown that the social sciences were a crucial element in the conceptual and epistemic revolution, which parallelled and partly underpinned the political and economic transformations of the modern world.
From a consistently comparative perspective, a group of internationally leading scholars takes ... Read more
This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of the rise of modern social science. Contrary to the standard accounts of various social science disciplines, the essays in this volume demonstrate that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850. It is shown that the social sciences were a crucial element in the conceptual and epistemic revolution, which parallelled and partly underpinned the political and economic transformations of the modern world.
From a consistently comparative perspective, a group of internationally leading scholars takes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792345893
SKU
V9780792345893
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