Rules and Laws in Sociology - Couverture rigide

Brown, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1032605758 ISBN 13 : 9781032605753

Editeur : Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Originally published in 1973, this book examines the difficulties which sociologists have in providing useful scientific definitions of terms like 'prejudice' and 'discrimination'. The author argues that such notions are essentially dependent on the social policy adopted, and that their common misuse by sociologists reflects a deeper confusion - that between the sociologist's search for social rules and regularities, and their search for social laws. The book clarifies the complex and important relationships between a scientific interest in the rule-oriented behaviour of people and a scientific interest in social laws about that behaviour. It explains how and why so many sociological inquiries lead to the discovery of mere social practices rather than social laws.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Brown was a former editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (1973-1977) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1032605758
• ISBN 13: 9781032605753
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 194
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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