ENGLISH

Social Evolution and Sociological Categories

By Paul Q. Hirst

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2010
ISBN
0415571286, 9780415571289, 0203857232, 9780203857236
Google Books ID
mEug2zphnfUC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1489689 bytes)
Series
Routledge Revivals
Edition
1
Pages
96\96
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified – societies, social institutions – are not given to knowledge independently of the categories which construct them and because the categories of classification are themselves the products of theories.

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