History as a Social Science
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 160
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The History and Philosophy of Social Science
Author: H. Scott Gordon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 1134863071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Social Science for What?
Author: Mark Solovey
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0262358751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although it included a vague reference to "other sciences." Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them.
Logics of History
Author: William H. Sewell Jr.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009-07-27
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0226749193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History argues that both history and the social sciences have something crucial to offer each other. While historians do not think of themselves as theorists, they know something social scientists do not: how to think about the temporalities of social life. On the other hand, while social scientists’ treatments of temporality are usually clumsy, their theoretical sophistication and penchant for structural accounts of social life could offer much to historians. Renowned for his work at the crossroads of history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, Sewell argues that only by combining a more sophisticated understanding of historical time with a concern for larger theoretical questions can a satisfying social theory emerge. In Logics of History, he reveals the shape such an engagement could take, some of the topics it could illuminate, and how it might affect both sides of the disciplinary divide.
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 1, Ancient Science
Author: Alexander Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-12-13
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1108682626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient science currently available. Together, they reveal the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and India. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the ancient world, contributors consider scientific, medical and mathematical learning in the cultures associated with the ancient world.
Social Science and Historical Perspectives
Author: Jack David Eller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1317198255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis accessible book introduces the story of ‘social science’, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and geography. Key questions include: How and why did the social sciences originate and differentiate? How are they related to older traditions that have defined Western civilization? What is the unique perspective or ‘way of knowing’ of each social science? What are the challenges—and alternatives—to the social sciences as they stand in the twenty-first century? Eller explains the origin, evolution, methods, and the main figures, literature, concepts, and theories in each discipline. The chapters also feature a range of contemporary examples, with consideration given to how the disciplines address present-day issues.
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 6, The Modern Biological and Earth Sciences
Author: David C. Lindberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0521572010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and authoritative guide to developments in life and earth sciences since 1800.
A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences
Author: Roger E. Backhouse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-09-22
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1107037727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences exposes parallels and contrasts in the way the histories of the social sciences are written.
Social Science in Context
Author: Rickard Danell
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9187351056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the very first books to explore the role of the social sciences in historical, sociological, and global perspectives, it does so by analyzing the practical making and discursive aspects of social scientific disciplines, including sociology, economics, psychology, business and administration studies, social gerontology, gender studies, educational science, geography, and political science. It looks at them not only in their academic setting but also in extra-academic contexts and in a broader global setting. The volume includes 15 chapters written by an international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The overall aim of the book is to encourage a contextual and reflexive understanding of the complex and dynamic relationship between the social sciences and society of the past and in today's globalized world. It is concerned with the bonds between the social sciences and society at large, including themes such as gender and power, science and politics, academic boundaries and global power relations, and postcolonial perspectives.
