History and Sociology in France: From Scientific History to the Durkheimian School

ISBN-13: 9780367891046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 178 str.

Robert LeRoux

Opis

In the late 19th century and early 20th, with the coming of age of sociology in France, the idea that there could be a “science” of history was the subject of much and varied debate. Although sociology was from its origins in competition with the discipline of history, it too was interested in history as a form of objective knowledge. Many of so

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: The Idea of Scientific History  1. History and the Social Sciences  2. Contrasting Approaches to Scientific History  Part II: Henri Berr and Historical Synthesis  3. Henri Berr, the Theoretician of Historical Knowledge  4. Henri Berr, the Organizer and Promoter of Synthesis  Part III: The Durkheimian School and History  5. The Durkheimian School and History.  Conclusion.

O autorze

Robert Leroux is a professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa.