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Social theory
About: Social theory is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11421 publications have been published within this topic receiving 624898 citations.
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01 Jan 1969
TL;DR: In this paper, a list of abbreviated works of Rousseau is presented, including two journeys to utopia, moral psychology, and images of authority, with a brief summary of the Nouvelle Heloise and Emile et al. index.
Abstract: Preface to the 1985 edition Preface to the first edition List of abbreviated works 1. Two journeys to utopia 2. Moral psychology 3. The empire of opinion 4. Images of authority 5. 'One nation, indivisible ...' 6. Postscript: considering Rousseau Appendix: A brief summary of the Nouvelle Heloise and Emile et Sophie ou les Solitaires Index.
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TL;DR: Advances in contemporary social theory that are founded on a critique of modernity and that articulate a coherent theory of practice should be considered when addressing these critical challenges of programming and evaluation.
Abstract: The innovative practice that resulted from the Ottawa Charter challenges public health knowledge about programming and evaluation. Specifically, there is a need to formulate program theory that embraces social determinants of health and local actors' mobilization for social change. Likewise, it is imperative to develop a theory of evaluation that fosters reflexive understanding of public health programs engaged in social change. We believe advances in contemporary social theory that are founded on a critique of modernity and that articulate a coherent theory of practice should be considered when addressing these critical challenges.
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28 Oct 1994
TL;DR: This book discusses socializing Epistemology through two sample issues: Belief-Forming Practices and the Social and the Justification of Group Beliefs.
Abstract: Chapter 1 Socializing Epistemology: An Introduction Through Two Sample Issues Chapter 2 Belief-Forming Practices and the Social Chapter 3 Egoism in Epistemology Chapter 4 Speaking of Ghosts Chapter 5 A Conservative Approach to Social Epistemology Chapter 6 Contrasting Conceptions of Social Epistemology Chapter 7 The Fate of Knowledge in Social Theories of Science Chapter 8 Good Arguments Chapter 9 Accuracy in Journalism: An Economic Approach Chapter 10 A More Social Epistemology Chapter 11 Remarks on Collective Belief Chapter 12 The Justification of Group Beliefs Chapter 13 Bibliography
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TL;DR: It is argued that the interactionist research tradition does show a fundamental concern with power phenomena, and that a reconsideration of the concept is timely in light of theoretical developments in sociology more generally.
Abstract: Symbolic interactionism is often represented as a perspective which is limited by its restriction to 'micro' aspects of social organization. As such, it is allegedly unable to adequately conceptualize 'macro' phenomena such as social structure, patterns of inequality, and power. Such a view is routinely presented in undergraduate textbooks. This paper contests such a view through a consideration of the concept of power. We argue that the interactionist research tradition does show a fundamental concern with power phenomena, and that a reconsideration of the concept is timely in light of theoretical developments in sociology more generally. An increasing concern with the analysis of culture, the continuing influence of Foucault, the development of feminist perspectives, and the emerging consensus around neo-Weberian thought have all contributed to a renewal of interest in themes long ago explored by interactionists. As examples we suggest that interactionist studies in the fields of deviance and education have been concerned above all with the authoritative imposition of consequential identities, i.e., with the social processes through which power is enacted and institutionalized in real situations. Such developments have led some to argue that interactionism has now been incorporated into the mainstream of sociology. We conclude, however, by arguing that such a view runs the risk of granting to orthodox sociological thought a legitimacy which is analytically unwarranted, and which fails to recognize the alternative theoretical and philosophical foundations of symbolic interactionist thought.
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01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the history of science, social science, and social policy, and the development of economic theory in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the rise of the Age of Science.
Abstract: 1. Sociality and Social Science 2. The Rise of the Age of Science 3. Social Laws 4. Political Theory and Political Philosophy 5. Physiocracy: The First Economic Model 6. The Methodology of Modelling 7. The Scottish Enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century 8. Progress and Perfection 9. Classical Political Economy 10. The Idea of Harmonious Order 11. Utilitarianism 12. French Positivism and the Beginnings of Sociology 13. The Marxian Theory of Society 14. The Methodology of History 15. The Development of Sociological Theory 16. Biology, Social Science, and Social Policy 17. The Development of Economic Theory 18. The Foundations of Science
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