Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory
Harry F Dahms
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Description for Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory
Hardback. Representing a range of approaches and emphases, the chapters in this volume address and illustrate linkages between social theory and history; social theory and historical analysis as mutually supportive frames of analysis, and affinities between the history of social thought and the history of modern societies. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 352 pages, no. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
In different ways, social theory and social history represent discourses that implicitly or explicitly highlight the need to apply perspectives on modern social realities that are conducive to discerning and scrutinizing the centrality of large-scale processes that have been influencing and shaping the relationships between individuals, social groups and forms of organization, and society as a whole. Social theories with history stress form at the expense of substance (and social, political or cultural relevance); histories without social theory tend to amount to little more than the enumeration of isolated facts, at the expense of cohesive narratives that may be socially ... Read more
In different ways, social theory and social history represent discourses that implicitly or explicitly highlight the need to apply perspectives on modern social realities that are conducive to discerning and scrutinizing the centrality of large-scale processes that have been influencing and shaping the relationships between individuals, social groups and forms of organization, and society as a whole. Social theories with history stress form at the expense of substance (and social, political or cultural relevance); histories without social theory tend to amount to little more than the enumeration of isolated facts, at the expense of cohesive narratives that may be socially ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Series
Current Perspectives in Social Theory
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783502189
SKU
V9781783502189
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