Generally speaking : an invitation to concept-driven sociology / Eviatar Zerubavel.
2020
HM511 .Z47 2020
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Title
Generally speaking : an invitation to concept-driven sociology / Eviatar Zerubavel.
Author
Zerubavel, Eviatar, author.
ISBN
9780197519318 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (120 pages).
Call Number
HM511 .Z47 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
301.01
Summary
In this invitation to 'concept-driven' sociology, defying the conventional split between 'theory' and 'methodology' (as well as between 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' research), Eviatar Zerubavel introduces a yet unarticulated 'Simmelian' method of theorising specifically designed to reveal fundamental, often hidden social patterns. Insisting that it can actually be taught, he examines the theoretico-methodological process (revolving around the epistemic and analytical acts of focusing, generalising, 'exampling', and analogising) by which concept-driven researchers can distill generic social patterns from the culturally, historically, and domain-specific contexts in which they encounter them empirically.
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In this invitation to 'concept-driven' sociology, defying the conventional split between 'theory' and 'methodology' (as well as between 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' research), Eviatar Zerubavel introduces a yet unarticulated 'Simmelian' method of theorising specifically designed to reveal fundamental, often hidden social patterns. Insisting that it can actually be taught, he examines the theoretico-methodological process (revolving around the epistemic and analytical acts of focusing, generalising, 'exampling', and analogising) by which concept-driven researchers can distill generic social patterns from the culturally, historically, and domain-specific contexts in which they encounter them empirically.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 4, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780197519271
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