New Rules of Sociological Method: Second Edition
by Anthony Giddens
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This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory. The first section of the work provides a concise critical analysis of some leading schools of thought in social philosophy, giving particular attention to phenomenology, ethnomethodology and Wittgensteinian thought. Giddens concentrates primarily upon the implications of these various perspectives for an account of human action and its intelligibility. An `action approach' on show more its own, however, will not do; in human social life, action and structure presuppose one another. The author therefore moves on to provide a series of concepts relevant to understanding the production and reproduction of society. The book concludes with a succinct statement of some `new rules of sociological method'. Representing the first, and most trenchant, exposition of the principles of structuration theory, this edition also contains a substantial new Introduction in which Giddens replies to some of the more persistent criticisms made of the original version and also addresses some important issues originally discussed only in a cursory way. show lessTags
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Anthony Giddens, a British sociologist, was educated at Hull, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge, and is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His interests have been varied, but they tend to focus on questions related to the macro-order. Much of his theoretical writing deals with stratification, class, and modernity. Although he has show more concentrated on dynamic issues of social structure, he has also examined how social psychological concerns are part of this broader order of human relations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Nieuwe regels voor de sociologische methode : Een positieve kritiek op de interpretatieve sociologie
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- 1976
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, Anthropology, History
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- 301.01 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology standard subdivisions of sociology and/or anthropology Philosophy and theory
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- HM24 — Social sciences Sociology (General) Sociology These are obsolete numbers no longer used
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