Frontiers of sociology / edited by Peter Hedstrom, Bjorn Wittrock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hedström, Peter.

Wittrock, Björn.

Institut international de sociologie. World Congress

Series:

Annals of the International Institute of Sociology ; new ser., v. 11.

Annals of the International Institute of Sociology, 1568-1548 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Congresses.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 37th World Congress of the IIS focused on theory and research at the forefront of sociology and the relationship between sociology and its neighbouring disciplines. This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the current standing of sociology. It is a stocktaking of the unique nature of sociology in the light of advances within the discipline itself and within a range of neighbouring disciplines. Some of the chapters outline institutional and professional strategies for sociology in the new millennium. Others trace scholarly advances and propose ambitious research programmes drawing on recent developments not only within traditional neighbouring disciplines such as history, political science, and economics, but also within the cognitive, cultural and mathematical sciences. Contributors include: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Raymond Boudon, Richard Breen, Christofer R. Edling, S. N. Eisenstadt, Jack Goldstone, Philip Gorski, Peter Gärdenfors, Ulf Hannerz, Peter Hedström, Hans Joas, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Jens Rydgren, Neil Smelser, Aage B. Sørensen, Richard Swedberg, Piotr Sztompka, Peter Wagner and Björn Wittrock.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock

Introduction: Frontiers Of Sociology / Peter Hedström and Björn Wittrock

The Emergence Of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy / Hans Joas

The Social Sciences And The Two Relativisms / Raymond Boudon

The Return To Values In Recentsociological Theory / Piotr Sztompka

Sociology And Political Science: Learning And Challenges / Jack A. Goldstone

Toward A New Comprehensive Social Science / Dietrich Rueschemeyer

History And Sociology: Transmutations Of Historical Reasoning In The Social Sciences / Björn Wittrock

Axial Visions And Axial Civilizations: The Transformations Of World Histories Between Evolutionary Tendencies And Institutional Formations / S. N. Eisenstadt

Social “Mechanisms” And Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal / Philip Gorski

Sociology And The Economic Sciences / Neil J. Smelser

Formal Theory In The Social Sciences / Richard Breen

Bourdieu’s Contribution To Economic Sociology / Richard Swedberg

Modernity As Experience And As Interpretation: Towards Something Like A Cultural Turn In The Sociology Of “Modern Society” / Peter Wagner

Geocultural Scenarios / Ulf Hannerz

The Social Stance And Its Relation To Intersubjectivity / Peter Gärdenfors

Shared Beliefs About The Past: A Cognitive Sociology Of Intersubjective Memory / Jens Rydgren

The Analytical Turn In Sociology / Peter Hedström

We Always Know More Than We Can Say: Mathematical Sociologists On Mathematical Sociology / Christofer Edling

Statistical Models And Mechanisms Of Social Processes / Aage B. Sørensen

Causal Inference And Statistical Models In Modern Social Sciences / Hans-Peter Blossfeld

Notes On Contributors / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock

Author Index / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock.

Notes:

"A little more than half of the chapters of this book draw on texts that were originally presented at the 37th World Congress"--P. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39820-2

9786612398209

90-474-4246-6

OCLC:

593222376

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004165694.i-450 DOI