Hanson What Holism Can Do for Social Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-80122-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became "Europe." It argues that social theory is being held back by antagonistic debates over science, positivism, objectivity, and universal law - debates which appear unnecessary, narrow, and acontextual when their origins are examined. Positing that solutions to these impasses can be found by moving to alternative holistic epistemology, and looking at issues in terms of interrelations rather than parts, the book shows the promise of a social theory that provides a unit of analysis that mediates between local and global relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanson, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Where Have We Been? Where Might We Go? 2. Facticity 3. How Have We Come to Be Doing Mechanism? 4. How Do We Do Mechanism? 5. Beyond Mechanism 6. Sociality 7. Holism, Blame, and Power 8. Moment, Monument, Movement

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Hanson is Professor of Sociology at York University.