A History and Theory of the Social Sciences: Not All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

by Peter Wagner

Book Overview

Divided into two parts, this book examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the organization of modernity′, in relation to ideas of social planning, and as contributors to the rationalistic revolution′ of the golden age′ of capitalism in the 1950s and 60s. Part two examines key concepts in the social sciences. It begins with some of the broadest concepts used by social scientists: choice, decision,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761965696
• ISBN13: 9780761965695
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 9.1"