On Durkheim's Rules of Sociological Method (Routledge Revivals)
On Durkheim's Rules of Sociological Method (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Mike Gane

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1136875573

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This radical appraisal of Durkheim's method, first published in 1988, argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. Mike Gane argues that to understand The Rules it is necessary also to understand the context of the French society in which the book was written. He explores the cultural and philosophical debates which raged in France during the period when Durkheim prepared the book and establishes the real and unsuspected complexity of Durkheim's position: its formal complexity, its epistemological complexity, and its historical complexity.

Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology (Routledge Revivals)
Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Paul Q. Hirst

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1136875719

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This title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard’s theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim’s attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in The Rules of Sociological Method. The author’s primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim’s theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable? His principal conclusion is that the epistemology developed in the Rules is an impossible one and that its inherent contradictions are proof that sociology as it is commonly understood can never be a scientific discipline.

Reading Castaneda (Routledge Revivals)
Reading Castaneda (Routledge Revivals)

Author: David Silverman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-25

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 131781679X

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Carlos Castaneda’s accounts of his meeting with the Yaqui Indian magician Don Juan are well known to sociologists both in Britain and in America. Using material largely from Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan, David Silverman here seeks to introduce the student of Sociology to some of the central epistemological concerns of social science. First published in 1975, the title assumes no previous knowledge of Castaneda but instead uses his work as a springboard to wider issues, in particular making sense of our reality and understanding each other by using language and communication. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students of the sociology of language and communication, as well as Communication Studies more generally.

Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals)
Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Russell Keat

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-01-31

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1136839240

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This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an evaluation of different conceptions of the nature of science with an examination of important sociological theorists and frameworks. This second edition of the work was originally published in 1982.

The Coming Fin De Siècle (Routledge Revivals)
The Coming Fin De Siècle (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Stjepan Mestrovic

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1135162913

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First Published in 1991, this book attempts to show the relevance of Durkheim’s sociology to the debate on modernity and postmodernism. It does so by examining how Durkheim’s ideas can be applied to current social issues. The author argues that there are striking parallels between the social context of the 1890s, when Durkheim began to publish in book form, and today. The book will appeal to the readers of sociology, as well as the related disciplines of philosophy, psychology, cultural studies and history. It is also intended for anyone interested in the issues and questions that were being raised as humanity approached the end of the twentieth century and the end of the millennium.

Sociology in Action (Routledge Revivals)
Sociology in Action (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Christopher G. A. Bryant

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1135036748

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This book, first published in 1976, discusses four classical paradigms for sociology – the positivism of Saint-Simon and Comte, Durkheim, Marx and Weber – and four contemporary developments or revisions of them – the sociologie active of Dumazedier and his colleagues in France, sociology in Socialist Poland, the work of Dahrendorf and the ‘new sociology’ of Mills and his successors. Christopher Bryant suggests that no neutral language exists in which to compare the characteristics of these different paradigms, yet highlights those features which are common to all of them. Unique in its approach and analysis of the relationship between sociology and action, this book is of value and interest to students of sociology and theory and professional sociologists.

The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory
The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory

Author: Ryan McVeigh

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1003802699

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The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory explores the role that understandings of mind and brain played in the development of sociological theory. It isolates five key authors in the classical tradition and comprehensively explores their oeuvres for moments where they reflect on, engage with, and build from topics related to cognition, placing their work in contact with research today to critically determine areas of relevance, refutation, or revision. Showing how understandings of mind, brain, and body grounded the production of early sociological thought, the book draws attention to the foundational role theories of cognition played in the emergence of sociology as a distinct field of study. With chapters on Comte, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory constitutes a novel and timely engagement with canonical social theory, extending its application to contemporary social life. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology and psychology with interests in classical social theory, cognition, embodiment, and sociality.

Sociology (Routledge Revivals)
Sociology (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Tom B. Bottomore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-20

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 1136968768

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First published in 1962, this seminal work is an introduction to sociology in a world context, and a sophisticated guide to the major themes, problems and controversies in contemporary sociology. The book remains unique in its organisation and presentation of sociological ideas and problems, in it s lack of insularity (its wide coverage of diverse types of society and of sociological thought from various cultural traditions), and in its systematic connection of sociology with the broad themes of modern social and political thought.

Sociological Aspects of Crime and Delinquency (Routledge Revivals)
Sociological Aspects of Crime and Delinquency (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Michael Phillipson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 131756975X

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The field of crime and delinquency attracts a great deal of heated and partial opinion, prejudice and other forms of mal-thinking. When there is a scientific approach there tends to be a psychological explanation. This book, first published in 1971, is a corrective to both trends. It is a discussion of criminal behaviour in relation to a wide range of behaviours which could be called deviance and regards the whole field from the sociological point of view. The whole discussion is related to social policy, and is vital reading for students of sociology and criminology.

Sociology (Routledge Revivals)
Sociology (Routledge Revivals)

Author: T. B. Bottomore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1136968776

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First published in 1962, this seminal work is an introduction to sociology in a world context, and a sophisticated guide to the major themes, problems and controversies in contemporary sociology. The book remains unique in its organisation and presentation of sociological ideas and problems, in it s lack of insularity (its wide coverage of diverse types of society and of sociological thought from various cultural traditions), and in its systematic connection of sociology with the broad themes of modern social and political thought.