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The Dialogical Turn. New Roles for Sociology in the Postdisciplinary Age.
Camic, Charles; Joas, Hans. Ed(S): Camic, Charles; Joas, Hans
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Hardback. 'The Dialogical Turn' considers an alternative to the established sociological theories of synthesis in response to the crisis of intellectual fragmentation. The 'dialogical turn' instead welcomes a plurality of orientations and approaches as the essential basis for maintaining productive dialogue. Editor(s): Camic, Charles; Joas, Hans. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: G; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in "synthesis:" programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective has proven elusive, leaving nearly as many syntheses as synthesizers. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed within sociology to the crisis of intellectual fragmentation: "the dialogical turn." Rather than decry the multiplicity of social theories, research methods, and results, ... Read more
The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in "synthesis:" programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective has proven elusive, leaving nearly as many syntheses as synthesizers. This volume considers an alternative response that has recently developed within sociology to the crisis of intellectual fragmentation: "the dialogical turn." Rather than decry the multiplicity of social theories, research methods, and results, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742527102
SKU
V9780742527102
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About Camic, Charles; Joas, Hans. Ed(S): Camic, Charles; Joas, Hans
Charles Camic is the Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hans Joas is director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt, Germany, and professor of sociology and social thought at the University of Chicago.
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