Sociology: : a multiple paradigm science
Material type: TextPublication details: Jaipur Rawat 1975Description: 234 pISBN: 9788131611470Subject(s): Paradigms (Social sciences) | sociologyDDC classification: 301 Summary: In recent years, the field of sociology has been undergoing a theoretical and methodological upheaval. While some sociologists have favored the scientific and theoretical approach of a purely academic science, other sociologists prefer to view their profession as a responsive, flexible science that can offer solutions to the many urgent, pressing social problems at hand. George Ritzer, in this book, has successfully brought together the many divergent views in a comprehensible manner. He explores the range and wealth of ideas that characterize the present state of sociology, offering new paradigms in place of scientism, and exploring future trends suggesting the coexistence of multiple paradigms in support of one another. This innovative paradigm approach is a thorough definition of the science of sociology in terms of its diverse social phenomena, rather than a definition of the social phenomena in terms of the science.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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In recent years, the field of sociology has been undergoing a theoretical and methodological upheaval. While some sociologists have favored the scientific and theoretical approach of a purely academic science, other sociologists prefer to view their profession as a responsive, flexible science that can offer solutions to the many urgent, pressing social problems at hand. George Ritzer, in this book, has successfully brought together the many divergent views in a comprehensible manner. He explores the range and wealth of ideas that characterize the present state of sociology, offering new paradigms in place of scientism, and exploring future trends suggesting the coexistence of multiple paradigms in support of one another. This innovative paradigm approach is a thorough definition of the science of sociology in terms of its diverse social phenomena, rather than a definition of the social phenomena in terms of the science.
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