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History and Social Theory 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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History and Social Theory 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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What is the use of social theory to historians, and of history to
social theorists? In clear and energetic prose, a pre--eminent
cultural historian here offers a far--reaching response to these
deceptively simple questions. In this classic text, now revised and
updated in its second edition, Peter Burke reviews afresh the
relationship between the fields of history and the social sciences
and their tentative convergence in recent decades. Burke first
examines what uses historians have made -- or might make -- of the
models, methods, and concepts of the social sciences, and then
analyzes some of the intellectual conflicts, such as the opposition
between structure and human agency, which are at the heart of the
tension between history and social theory. Throughout, he draws
from a broad range of cultures and periods to illustrate how
history, in turn, has been used to create and validate social
theories. This new edition brings the book up to date with the
addition of examples and discussions of new topics such as social
capital, globalization and post--colonialism. The second edition of
History and Social Theory will continue to stimulate both students
and scholars across a range of disciplines with its challenging
assessment of the roles of history and social science today.
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