For the past twenty years, noted sociologist Andrew Abbott has been
developing what he calls a processual ontology for social life. In
this view, the social world is constantly changing-making,
remaking, and unmaking itself, instant by instant. He argues that
even the units of the social world-both individuals and
entities-must be explained by these series of events rather than as
enduring objects, fixed in time. This radical concept, which lies
at the heart of the Chicago School of Sociology, provides a means
for the disciplines of history and sociology to interact with and
reflect on each other. In Processual Sociology, Abbott first
examines the endurance of individuals and social groups through
time and then goes on to consider the question of what this means
for human nature. He looks at different approaches to the passing
of social time and determination, all while examining the goal of
social existence, weighing the concepts of individual outcome and
social order. Abbott concludes by discussing core difficulties of
the practice of social science as a moral activity, arguing that it
is inescapably moral and therefore we must develop normative
theories more sophisticated than our current naively political
normativism. Ranging broadly across disciplines and methodologies,
Processual Sociology breaks new ground in its search for conceptual
foundations of a rigorously processual account of social life.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2016 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Abbott
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| Dimensions: |
154 x 227 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
336 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-33662-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-226-33662-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226336626 |
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