Social Science Quotations has been prepared to meet an evident,
unmet need in the literature of the social sciences. Writings on
the lives and theories of individual social scientists abound, but
there has been no fully documented collection of memorable
quotations from the social sciences as a whole. The frequent use of
quotations in scientific as well as literary writings that are mere
summaries or paraphrases typically fail to capture the full force
of formulations that have made quotations memorable.
The book is subtitled Who Said What, When, and Where in order to
highlight a unique and valuable feature: the date of first
publication and source of each quotation are given in the text and
the full reference is provided in the extensive bibliography. Exact
references can also prove useful for swiftly locating the more
familiar quotations. By leading readers back to the sources, such
detailed references can help them place even extended quotations in
their larger contexts. In this way, this book of quotations invites
the further reading or rereading of the original texts, beyond the
quotations themselves.
Social Science Quotations draws extensively upon the writings
that constitute the historical core of the social sciences and
social thought, those works with staying power often described as
the "classical texts". Most of their authors wrote well; most of
them wrote voluminously; and their ideas have had a formative
impact upon much subsequent thinking. Many quotations have been
drawn from these classical texts because the quotations contain
memorable ideas memorably expressed. Both consequential and
memorable, these words have been quoted over the generations,
entering into thecollective memory of social scientists everywhere
and at times diffusing into popular thought and into the vernacular
as well.
Social Science Quotations is useful for social scientists,
anthropologists, economists, historians, political scientists,
psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists and statisticians -- and
for all who want to learn or verify memorable formulations and
phrases concerning social thought and social theories. It is
particularly useful for graduate students taking courses that
examine the history of their discipline.
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