Methodological Individualism - Background, History and Meaning

Informationen zum Autor Lars Udehn Klappentext Throughout the history of social thought, there has been, a constant battle over the true nature of society, and the best way to understand and explain it. This volume covers the development of methodological individualism, including the individualist theory of society from Greek Antiquity to modern social science. Zusammenfassung This volume is about the background, history and meaning of methodological individualism. It will interest a broad range of students and academics across the social sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Background, 3 Psychologism in early social science, 4 Austrian methodological individualism, 5 Society as subjectively meaningful interaction, 6 Positivism in philosophy and social science, 7 Popperian methodological individualism, 8 Economics: the individualist science, 9 The new institutional economics, 10 Rational choice individualism, 11 Why methodological individualism?, 12 Methodological individualism restated, Notes, Bibliography, Index of author names, Index

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• Authors: Lars Udehn, Lars (Stockholm University Udehn, Udehn Lars, UDEHN LARS STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2001
• EAN: 9780415218115
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21811-5
• No. of pages: 468
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social an; Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought; Routledge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Politik und Staat, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Politics & government, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology