Toward a sociological theory of information / Harold Garfinkel ; edited and introduced by Anne Warfield Rawls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garfinkel, Harold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information theory in sociology.

Physical Description:

vi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

In 1952 at Princeton University, Harold Garfinkel developed a sociological theory of information. Other prominent theories then being worked out at Princeton, including game theory, neglected the social elements of information, modeling a rational individual whose success depends on completeness of both reason and information. In real life these conditions are not possible and these approaches therefore have always had limited and problematic practical application. Garfinkels sociological theory treats information as a thoroughly organized social phenomenon in a way that addresses these shortcomings comprehensively.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index.

ISBN:

9781594512810

1594512817

OCLC:

187417670