Social Evolution and Sociological Categories
Paul Q. Hirst
First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified – societies, social institutions – are not given to knowledge independently of the categories which construct them and because the categories of classification are themselves the products of theories.
年:
2010
出版:
1
出版社:
Routledge
语言:
english
页:
96
ISBN 10:
0203857232
ISBN 13:
9780203857236
系列:
Routledge Revivals
文件:
PDF, 1.42 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2010