Douglas V. Porpora: Reconstructing Sociology

Cover: 9781107514713 | Reconstructing Sociology | Douglas V. Porpora | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an introduction to critical realism for students and scholars of sociology. Written in a lively, accessible style, Douglas V. Porpora argues that sociology currently operates with deficient accounts of truth, culture, structure, agency, and causality that are all better served by a critical realist perspective. This approach argues against the alternative sociological perspectives, in particular the dominant positivism which privileges statistical techniques and experimental design over ethnographic and historical approaches. However, the book also compares critical realism favourably with a range of other approaches, including poststructuralism, pragmatism, interpretivism, practice theory, and relational sociology. Numerous sociological examples are included, and each chapter addresses well-known and current work in sociology.

Über den Autor

Douglas V. Porpora is a Professor of Sociology at Drexel University, Philadelphia. His previous publications include Post-Ethical Society: The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular (2013).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Seven myths of American sociology; 2. Do realists run regressions?; 3. What is truth?; 4. Whatever happened to social structure?; 5. Are we not men - or, rather, persons?; 6. What and where is culture?; 7. Do we need critical realism?; 8. So what do we do with it?

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781107514713
ISBN-10:	1107514711
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Porpora, Douglas V.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Douglas V. Porpora
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.11.2017
Gewicht:	0,374 kg