Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences: Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780415488617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 228 str.

Ernest Gellner;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Focuses on key conceptual issues in the social sciences, such as Winch's idea of a social science, structuralism, Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard, and the concept of kinship.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Explanation in history; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Concepts and society; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Winch's idea of a social science; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The new idealism—cause and meaning in the social sciences; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The entry of the philosophers; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Time and theory in social anthropology; Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Sociology and social anthropology; Chapter 8 Chapter 8 On Malinowski; Chapter 9 Chapter 9 On Evans-Pritchard; Chapter 10 Chapter 10 On structuralism; Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Ideal language and kinship structure; Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The concept of kinship; Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Nature and society in social anthropology; Chapter 14 Chapter 14 The alchemists of sociology, Williamblake; Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The sociology of faith; Chapter 16 Sources Index Index;

O autorze

Ernest Gellner