Explanation of Social Action: With a New Preface by the Author - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780197601624ISBN-10:197601626UPC:9780197601624Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Research, PoliticalSize:9.25 x 6.29 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCSQT5S0C5
Explanation of Social Action: With a New Preface by the Author
The Explanation of Social Action is a sustained critique of the conventional understanding of what it means to explain something in the social sciences. It makes the strong argument that the traditional understanding involves asking questions that have no clear foundation and provoke an
unnecessary tension between lay and expert vocabularies. Drawing on the history and philosophy of the social...
unnecessary tension between lay and expert vocabularies. Drawing on the history and philosophy of the social...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780197601624ISBN-10:197601626UPC:9780197601624Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Research, PoliticalSize:9.25 x 6.29 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.3404Product ID:SCSQT5S0C5
John Levi Martin is Florence Borchert Bartling Professor of Sociology at The University of Chicago. He is also the author of Thinking Through Theory and Social Structures, which was awarded the 2010 Theory Prize from the American Sociological Association.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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