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- the_pleasures_of_theory_-_a_rationale_for_the_unit_design @6916:2018
- # The pleasures of theory: A rationale for the unit design # ## The meaning of life ## Development, as a... is class is a very general introduction to social theory, but we do try to come back to these four conditi... issues of development. ## “I agree with you, in theory. In theory, communism works... in theory!” ## As social scientists, our purpose is to explain society, a
- the_practice_of_social_theory @6916:2018
- # The practice of social theory This is a difficult time to study questions of culture, development, and ... faith in modernity. Indeed, the development of a theory of society was itself often taken as an expression of this modernity. Scientific social theory was a sign that society was becoming conscious of... is to explain society, and to arrive at a better theory of society and culture. Development, as a project
- the_practice_of_social_theory @6916:2020
- ====== The practice of social theory ====== [RS: This may need some updating. Thoughts?] This is a diffi... faith in modernity. Indeed, the development of a theory of society was itself often taken as an expression of this modernity. Scientific social theory was a sign that society was becoming conscious of... is to explain society, and to arrive at a better theory of society and culture. Development, as a project
- plan @6916:2020
- roduction to the seminar: The relevance of social theory | | |\\ | 2 | Mar 3 | The material conditions of ... Latour (2005d) |\\ | 13 | May 26 | What is social theory for? | | |\\ ====== References ====== Bourdieu... jective Limits of Objectivism.” In //Outline of a Theory of Practice//, translated by Richard Nice, 1–71. ... ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 247–62. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ———
- research-exercise @1002:2020
- claim about the author’s relationship to Mauss’s theory of reciprocity, and support your claim by describ... de that the author has a specific view of Mauss’s theory. ===== Instructions ===== This assignment is an... says something new, whether that be a radical new theory of the world, or an original analysis of new data... of scholarly work, this means taking one specific theory of the world among many as a starting point, and
- 2025 @2700:2025
- ew with Marilyn Strathern: Kinship and Career.” //Theory, Culture & Society// 31 (2-3): 263–81. https://do... guilhem, Foucault, and Butler.” //Anthropological Theory// 23 (3): 235–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463499... ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 141–56. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Li,... 548-1425.2010.01263.x. Ortner, Sherry B. 1984. “Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties.” //Comparative
- books_about_social_theory @6916:2018
- # Books about social theory and social anthropology # ## Secondary literature ## These books are textbooks and anthologies of social theory and sociocultural anthropology, and may be useful... Adams, Bert, and R. A. Sydie. 2001. Sociological Theory. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press. Berger... ttlefield Publishers, Inc. ## Classics of social theory ## If you would like to continue to read up on t
- religion_and_economy
- In this respect he is very influenced by Mauss's theory of the gift, which Polanyi takes as the quintesse... acid and nuclear weapons (Polanyi 1947). Yet his theory was, like Mauss's, always socialist in essence, a... n of Calvinism while leaving aside its particular theory of salvation. When this new kind of individual su... ernity. One of the signal ideas of Western social theory, then starts from the problem of religion and eco
- 7.1 @1002:2018
- he arrives at this idea of modernity. ## Weber's theory of society ## Weber's theory of society starts with the concept of "social action". There are four types... -interest is just human nature. ## Modernization theory ## In the past, anthropologists and sociologists... in Europe. This school is called **"modernization theory."** Robert Bellah, Tokugawa Religion (1957). Ja
- plan @3601:2020
- and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy.” //Theory, Culture & Society// 7 (2-3): 295–310. doi:[[http... 1973b. “Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture.” In //The Interpretation of Cultures/... org/10.1111/aman.12051. Ortner, Sherry B. 1984. “Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties.” //Comparative... 6. ———. 2016. “Dark Anthropology and Its Others: Theory Since the Eighties.” //HAU: Journal of Ethnograph
- lewis_henry_morgan
- synthesis of diverse cultural forms into a single theory of historical process based on technological chan... of the nuclear family under capitalism. Morgan's theory was also a break from two leading alternative the... body of archaeological evidence. The second was a theory of human social differences based on race. This theory assumed that races had separate origins and separa
- 5 @2700:2025
- argues that one of the central problems of social theory is **the relationship of structure to agency** (G... 1973. “Thick Description: Towards an Interpretive Theory of Cultures.” In //The Interpretation of Cultures... dens, Anthony. 1979. //Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social A... 080/03085147300000003. Ortner, Sherry B. 1984. “Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties.” //Comparative
- 12 @6916:2020
- ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 247–62. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ———... ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 1–17. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ———. ... ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 141–56. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ———... ling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{page>691
- max_weber
- Unlike these other key social theorists, Weber's theory of society is based on action. This means that a ... ## The four types of social action ## In Weber's theory, social actions can be classified according to wh... ss, at least in the spheres of commerce. Weber's theory of society is also, in this sense, a theory of modernity. Increasingly, social scientists have questioned
- 12 @2700:2025
- s cultural ideal that became everyone’s normative theory of democracy ===== ==== Marx is to Habermas as political economy is to critical theory ==== * **Marx was the last great political eco... 017. “Social Constructionism in Critical Feminist Theory and Research.” In //Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory//, edited by Gale Miller and James A. Holstein, F