Positivist Sociology and its Critics (Schools of Thought in Sociology series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852781823 ISBN 13: 9781852781828

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This is a carefully edited selection of the seminal articles and papers on positivism which has been an important cornerstone of sociology. Positivism has had an enormous influence on both the theoretical ambitions and empirical research strategies of sociology ever since Comte coined both the terms `positivism' and `sociology' over a century ago. This influence was strengthened during the heyday of logical positivism in the early decades of this century, with its rigorous attempt to rid all the sciences, natural and social, of metaphysical speculations. The whole of the history of sociology could be described as a struggle with positivism, its proponents attempting to secure the foundations of a scientific study of society and its critics seeking to identify what it is about the social that frees it from positivist canons. These books gathers together the most influential voices in the struggle over the very nature of the discipline of sociology.

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Edited by Peter Halfpenny, former Professor of Sociology and Peter McMylor, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

Synopsis

This three-volume set contains an edited selection of articles and papers on positivism. It gathers together a number of influential voices in the struggle of the nature of the discipline of sociology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1852781823
• ISBN 13: 9781852781828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1792
• Editor: Halfpenny Peter, McMylor Peter