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Thinking about Society
I. C. Jarvie
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Description for Thinking about Society
Hardback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 542 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
I. C. Jarvie was trained as a social anthropologist in the center of British social anthropology - the London School of Economics, where Bronislaw Malinowski was the object of ancestor worship. Jarvie's doctorate was in philosophy, however, under the guidance of Karl Popper and John Watkins. He changed his department not as a defector but as a rebel, attempting to exorcize the ancestral spirit. He criticized the method of participant obser vation not as useless but as not comprehensive: it is neither necessary nor sufficient for the making of certain contributions to anthropology; rather, it all depends on the problem-situation. ... Read more
I. C. Jarvie was trained as a social anthropologist in the center of British social anthropology - the London School of Economics, where Bronislaw Malinowski was the object of ancestor worship. Jarvie's doctorate was in philosophy, however, under the guidance of Karl Popper and John Watkins. He changed his department not as a defector but as a rebel, attempting to exorcize the ancestral spirit. He criticized the method of participant obser vation not as useless but as not comprehensive: it is neither necessary nor sufficient for the making of certain contributions to anthropology; rather, it all depends on the problem-situation. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
523
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027720689
SKU
V9789027720689
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Reviews for Thinking about Society
` ... this cohesively organized anthology, written in compact and clear manner, contains an abundance of provocative issues intriguingly stated and cogently argued. ... this is a conceptually opulent work both in depth and scope and one highly recommended for social philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, sociologists and anthropologists.' Canadian Review ... Read more