Social theories of history and histories of social theory /

Social theories of history and histories of social theory /

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Imprint:	Uniyed Kingdom : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Current perspectives in social theory ; 31 Current perspectives in social theory ; 31.
Subject:	Sociology. Sociology -- History. Social history. Social & cultural history. Social theory. HISTORY -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Social history. Sociology. Electronic books. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216263

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Other authors / contributors:	Dahms, Harry F., editor.
ISBN:	9781783502196 1783502193 1306291089 9781306291088 1783502185 9781783502189 9781783502189
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	In different ways, social theory and social history represent discourses that implicitly or explicitly highlight the need to apply perspectives on modern social realities that are conducive to discerning and scrutinizing the centrality of large-scale processes that have been influencing and shaping the relationships between individuals, social groups and forms of organization, and society as a whole. Social theories with history stress form at the expense of substance (and social, political or cultural relevance); histories without social theory tend to amount to little more than the enumeration of isolated facts, at the expense of cohesive narratives that may be socially compelling and meaningful. Representing a range of approaches and emphases, the chapters in this volume address and illustrate linkages between social theory and history; social theory and historical analysis as mutually supportive frames of analysis, and affinities between the history of social thought and the history of modern societies. Both classical and more recent theorists feature prominently, especially Durkheim and Weber, but also such central figures in the field as Bourdieu and Luhmann.
Other form:	Print version: Dahms, Harry F. Social Theories of History and Histories of Social Theory. Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 1306291089