Relational sociology : a new paradigm for the social sciences / Pierpaolo Donati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donati, Pierpaolo, 1946- author.

Series:

Ontological explorations.

Ontological explorations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Prospects for a 'relational sociology'; 1 The relational paradigm: Its implications for the understanding and organization of society; 2 Society as a relation; 3 Critical realism as viewed by relational sociology; 4 Observing and thinking relationally: The premises of the relational theory of society; 5 Social change in the light of relational sociology; 6 Reflexivity after modernity: From the viewpoint of relational sociology; 7 Doing sociology in the age of globalization; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-27308-1

1-135-27309-X

1-282-78212-6

9786612782121

0-203-86028-4

9780203860281

OCLC:

664551612