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Logics of history : social theory and social transformation / William H. Sewell Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sewell, William H., Jr., 1940- author.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in practices of meaning
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences and history.
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 412 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Theory, history, and social Science
- 2. The political unconscious of social and cultural history, or, Confessions of a former quantitative historian
- 3. Three temporalities : toward an eventful sociology
- 4. A theory of structure : duality, agency, and transformation
- 5. The concept(s) of culture
- 6. History, synchrony, and culture : reflections on the work of Clifford Geertz
- 7. A theory of the event : Marshall Sahlins's "Possible theory of history"
- 8. Historical events as transformations of structures : inventing revolution at the Bastille.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-396) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; description based on the website (viewed on 22 April 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sewell, William Hamilton, 1940- Logics of history.
- ISBN:
- 9780226749198
- 0226749193
- 0226749185
- 9780226749181
- 128265988X
- 9781282659889
- Publisher Number:
- 90102004375
- 9780226749181
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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