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The Age of the Social - The Discovery of Society and The Ascendance of a New Episteme (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,377
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The Age of the Social - The Discovery of Society and The Ascendance of a New Episteme (Paperback): Sal Restivo

The Age of the Social - The Discovery of Society and The Ascendance of a New Episteme (Paperback)

Sal Restivo

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The concept of society sui generis - society as a level of reality which could be studied scientifically - crystallized in the middle of the nineteenth century in Europe, with the work of Durkheim, Marx and Weber and today, more than at any other period in history, the idea of the social has gained a foothold in philosophy, biology, and neuroscience. However, this idea has emerged into prominence not through the historical or contemporary efforts of sociologists, but mainly through the efforts of biologists and neuroscientists. This book seeks to re-establish the credentials of sociology as the science of society. While acknowledging the amalgamation of traditional disciplines into interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary networks of research and theory, and championing interdisciplinarity in recognising the capacity of converging perspectives to yield more interesting general theories of social life, the author defends disciplinarity in maintaining sociology's achievements as a discipline. With chapters on the sociological world view, imagining society, the self, love, education, mathematics and religion, The Age of the Social re-states the importance of sociology as the source of robust ideas about the social in an age in which this notion has grown in importance. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences, with interests in method and philosophy in the social disciplines.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2019
First published: 2018
Authors: Sal Restivo
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-82115-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-367-82115-X
Barcode: 9780367821159

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