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2018
The textbook aims to help students of sociology to scientifically comprehend the processes of emergence and development of ideas about the structure of social life and the main historical stages of formation of sociology as a science; to master the methodology of knowledge of social norms of life of people; to get acquainted with classical and modern ...
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The textbook aims to help students of sociology to scientifically comprehend the processes of emergence and development of ideas about the structure of social life and the main historical stages of formation of sociology as a science; to master the methodology of knowledge of social norms of life of people; to get acquainted with classical and modern ...
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Acta Sociologica, 2000
The article deals with Niklas Luhmann's treatise Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft, exposing it to a critique in terms of Luhmann's own criterion: plausibility. It is argued that both Parsons' general sociology and Marxism render more plausible accounts of modern society than does Luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems.
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The article deals with Niklas Luhmann's treatise Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft, exposing it to a critique in terms of Luhmann's own criterion: plausibility. It is argued that both Parsons' general sociology and Marxism render more plausible accounts of modern society than does Luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems.
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Divisions of General Sociology
American Sociological Review, 1957ion-and, on the other hand, the attempt to isolate key variables of social reality within the situation that may be universal in their application. This is essentially the distinction between science in the naturalhistory sense and science in the hypotheticodeductive sense.4 An application of this distinction to the analysis of anthropological ...
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Three Generations of Comparative Sociologies
European Journal of Sociology, 2010AbstractSurveying three generations of comparative sociologists, separated by abrupt discontinuities, the study reaches the conclusion that the original promise of comparative sociology set in motion a century ago remains largely unfulfilled. It will then be argued that the work of the third generation of comparative sociologists on civilizational ...
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Generation as a Sociological Problem
Annual Review of Sociology, 1983For many millenia, in cultures around the world, the concept of generation has prospered. Its privileged place in Western societies is reflected in its codification in the Bible, while the most disparate societies of Africa, Asia and Australia have incorporated the generational concept in their notions of the social order.
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General hospital psychiatry: Overview from a sociological perspective *
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1981The role of the general hospital within the psychiatric service delivery network has undergone profound changes in recent years. Current issues in general hospital psychiatry revolve around questions concerning boundaries, target populations, appropriate services, structural characteristics, and deinstitutionalization.
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The Treatise on General Sociology
1997Abstract Among the various complex phenomena observable in a society, the regime or system of government is of very great importance, for it is intimately associated with the character of the governing class, and both of them are in a relationship of interdependence with other social phenomena. Those for whom the form of government is of
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Revisiting General Theory in Historical Sociology
Social Forces, 2004This article revisits the debate over general theory in historical sociology with the goal of clarifying the use of this kind of theory in empirical research. General theories are defined as postulates about causal agents and causal mechanisms that are linked to empirical analysis through bridging assumptions.
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