John Levi Martin

Explanation of Social Action

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Produktbeschreibung

The Explanation of Social Action is a critique of the conventional understanding of methods of explanation in the social sciences. It argues that any scientific approach to explanation must build on the phenomenological experience of actors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 169mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780199773312
• ISBN-10: 0199773319
• Artikelnr.: 33372947

Autorenporträt

John Levi Martin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1-Why Questions? What Explanations?
Chapter 2-Causality and Persons
Chapter 3-Authority and Experience
Chapter 4-The Grid of Perception
Chapter 5-Action In and On a World
Chapter 6-A Social Aesthetics
Chapter 7-Valence and Habit
Chapter 8-Fields and Games
Chapter 9-Explanations Explained
References
Index