Sociological Dilemmas
Toward a Dialectic Paradigm
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Piotr Sztompka
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 7 2 8 - 1
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 8 1 8 6 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 6 0 3 6 - 5
Sociological Dilemmas: Toward a Dialectic Paradigm aims to build a new paradigm in sociological theory by using the method of dialectical critique, patterned on the approach… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSociological Dilemmas: Toward a Dialectic Paradigm aims to build a new paradigm in sociological theory by using the method of dialectical critique, patterned on the approach utilized by Karl Marx. The book explores the sociological heritage, with the theoretical works of Karl Marx as the primary basis of exposition and analysis. Chapters are devoted to the discussion of the theoretical crisis of sociology; the division of sociology between two opposing methodologies; dissociation of sociology from the prescientific traditions of social thought; and the conclusion reached by the author after an extensive analysis of sociological theories presented in the book. The book will be of value to sociologists, teachers, and students of the social sciences.
ContentsPrefacePart I On the Theoretical Crisis of Sociology Chapter 1 Critique of Sociology: Traditions and Perspectives Critique of Sociology: Two Traditions The "Poverty of Sociology" Tradition The "Crisis of Sociology" Tradition The Theoretical Assumptions of Sociology The Theoretical Dilemmas of Sociology Models of Sociology Toward a Reappraisal of Sociology Part II The Dilemmas of Demarcation—Methodological Chapter 2 Science or Humanities: Naturalism, Antinaturalism, Integralism The Naturalistic Tradition The Antinaturalistic Tradition Naturalism and Antinaturalism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication The Arguments of the Contending Parties Integralism as a Dialectical Solution Integralism in the Marxian Sociological Theory Chapter 3 Science of Man or Science of Society: Reductionism, Antireductionism, Separatism The Antireductionistic Tradition The Reductionistic Tradition Reductionism and Antireductionism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication The Arguments of the Contending Parties: An Overview Separatism as a Dialectical Solution Separatism in Marxian Sociological Theory Part III The Dilemmas of Social Cognition—Epistemological Chapter 4 Knowledge or Action: Cognitivism, Activism, Constructivism The Cognitivistic Tradition The Activistic Tradition Cognitivism and Activism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication The Arguments of the Contending Parties: An Overview Constructivism as a Dialectical Solution Constructivism in Marxian Sociological Theory Chapter 5 Detachment or Bias: Neutralism, Axiologism, Commitment Neutralism and Axiologism in the Sociological Tradition Neutralism and Axiologism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication The Arguments of the Contending Parties: An Overview Commitment as a Dialectical Solution Commitment in Marxian Sociological Theory Part IV The Dilemmas of Social Reality—Ontological Chapter 6 Man as Object or Subject: Passivism, Autonomism, Creativism The Passivistic Tradition The Autonomistic Tradition Passivism and Autonomism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication Creativism as a Dialectical Solution Creativism in Marxian Sociological Theory Chapter 7 Society as a Whole or as an Aggregate : Collectivism, Individualism, Structuralism The Collectivist Tradition The Individualistic Tradition Collectivism and Individualism in Contemporary Sociology What the Dispute Is Really About: An Explication Structuralism as a Dialectical Solution Structuralism in Marxian Sociological Theory Part V Out of the Theoretical Crisis Chapter 8 Recapitulation The Premises of the Argument The Strategy of the Argument The Outcome of the Argument A Caveat on Marxism References Author Index Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 28, 1979
- No. of pages (eBook): 380
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483247281
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126818604
- eBook ISBN: 9781483260365
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