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The Uncertain Science: Criticism of Sociological Formalism
by Gurnah, Ahmed; Scott, Alan
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- ISBN 10
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1992. Trade Paperback. As New. This book argues that sociology has not freed itself from the influence of philosophy, specifically from the search for certainty; the authors criticize sociology for its formalism and argue that to regain its radical and critical edge it must return to and develop a comparative and historical approach; in Part I the authors trace formalism to central positions in Western philosophy and examine its impact on historiography, evolutionary social thought, and positivist sociology; in Part II they examine the tensions between formalism and social theory in the work of Levi Strauss and Habermas; in Part III they compare modernization theory to the more recent discussions of modernity and postmodernity; the book ends with a discussion of alternative, more sociological accounts of rationality and scientific knowledge which form the basis of a non-formalist, comparative, and historical sociology (pictorial black & white cover)
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- Title
- The Uncertain Science: Criticism of Sociological Formalism
- Author
- Gurnah, Ahmed; Scott, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0415080231
- ISBN 13
- 9780415080231
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- SOCIOLOGY PHILOSOPHY SOCIAL SCIENCE
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