New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies - Couverture rigide

Giddens, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745611168 ISBN 13 : 9780745611167

Editeur : Polity Press, 1993

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory.

The first section of the work provides a concise critical analysis of some leading schools of thought in social philosophy, giving particular attention to phenomenology, ethnomethodology and Wittgensteinian thought. Giddens concentrates primarily upon the implications of these various perspectives for an account of human action and its intelligibility. An `action approach′ on its own, however, will not do; in human social life, action and structure presuppose one another. The author therefore moves on to provide a series of concepts relevant to understanding the production and reproduction of society. The book concludes with a succinct statement of some `new rules of sociological method′.

Representing the first, and most trenchant, exposition of the principles of structuration theory, this edition also contains a substantial new Introduction in which Giddens replies to some of the more persistent criticisms made of the original version and also addresses some important issues originally discussed only in a cursory way.

Revue de presse :

′It is difficult to imagine social–scientific thought and practice in Britain and much of Continental Europe without the distinctive contribution of Anthony Giddens. His prolific work has the unique merit of tying together the rich tradition of modern social thought with the challenges of whatever is new and unprecedented in what he has called the ′late modern′ or ′post–traditional′ world.′ Times Literary Supplement

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0745611168
• ISBN 13: 9780745611167
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 240