Relational Sociology
A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences
'Simultaneous invention' has become commonplace in the natural sciences, but is still virtually unknown within the sphere of social science. The convergence of two highly compatible versions of Critical Realism from two independent sources is a striking exception. Pierpaolo Donati's Relational Sociology develops 'upwards' from sociology into a Realist meta-theory, unlike Roy Baskhar's philosophy of science that works 'downwards' and 'underlabours' for the social sciences.This book systematically introduces Donati's Relational Sociology to an English readership for the first time since he began to advance his approach thirty years ago. In this…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-135-27309-5
- EAN: 9781135273095
- Produktnummer: 19564033
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'960 KB
- Abbildungen: 18 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 18 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 6 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Pierpaolo Donati is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna (Italy). Past-President of the Italian Sociological Association, he is known as the founder of 'relational sociology' or the 'relational theory of society', an independently developed form of critical realism. He has published more than 600 works (see: Building a Relational Theory of Society: A Sociological Journey, in M. Deflem ed., Sociologists in a Global Age. Biographical Perspectives, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2007).
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