
Objects of Social Science
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions

Person
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Objectivity, Science and Social Science
- 1. A Skewed Comparison
- 2. What Model of Science for Social Science?
- 3. What Model of Knowledge for Social Science?
- 4. What Model of Object for Social Science?
- Chapter One: Anthropological Objects
- 1. From Positivism to Interpretivism
- 2. Anthropological Objects I: Cockfighting in Bali
- 3. Anthropological Objects II: Witchcraft in the Bocage
- 4. Anthropological Objects III: Nuer 'Sacrifice' and Txikao 'Couvade'
- 5. Complex Anthropological Objects
- Chapter Two: Sociological Objects
- 1. Received Paradigms
- 2. Against Prescriptive Assumptions: Indexical Social Objects
- 3. Sociological Objects: Stages of Research and Levels of Construction
- 4. A Classic Example: Suicide
- Chapter Three: Historical Objects
- 1. The Normative View: Explaining History by Hempelian Laws
- 2. 'What' do Historians Explain?
- 3. Quantitative and Qualitative History: Samples of Research
- 4. Making History in Museums
- Chapter Four: Economic Objects
- 1. Economic Theory and Methodological Concern
- 2. Rhetorical Objects of Economic Practice
- 3. Realist Objects of Economic Practice
- 4. The 'Partial' Object of Economics
- Chapter Five: Geographical Objects
- 1. A Natural or a Social Science?
- 2. 'Space and Place': Quantitative Reconstructions
- 3. 'Space and Place': Qualitative Reconstructions
- 4. 'Space and Place': Realist Reconstructions
- 5. The Possible Worlds of Human Geography
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
System requirements
File format: PDF
Copy-Protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Install the free reader Adobe Digital Editions prior to download (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/smartphone (Android; iOS): Install the free app Adobe Digital Editions or the app PocketBook before downloading (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (only limited: Kindle).
The file format PDF always displays a book page identically on any hardware. This makes PDF suitable for complex layouts such as those used in textbooks and reference books (images, tables, columns, footnotes). Unfortunately, on the small screens of e-readers or smartphones, PDFs are rather annoying, requiring too much scrolling.
This eBook uses Adobe-DRM, a „hard” copy protection. If the necessary requirements are not met, unfortunately you will not be able to open the eBook. You will therefore need to prepare your reading hardware before downloading.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you authorise using your personal Adobe ID after installation of any reading software.
For more information, see our eBook Help page.