Humanist Science - Values and Ideals in Social Inquiry

Zusatztext "Selznick resuscitates a promising humanist perspective in this gracefully composed! well conceived! thoroughly readable work. It proposes an admirable! 'human-friendly' orientation to the social sciences that is long overdue! and caps a distinguished career well-spent in clarifying difficult questions." Informationen zum Autor Philip Selznick is Professor Emeritus of Law and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2003, Professor Selznick received the Law & Society Association's Kalven prize, which recognizes a body of scholarly work that has contributed to the advancement of research in law and society. Klappentext This illuminating book provides a reconstruction of social theory that emphasizes its humanist foundations and the centrality of values in social inquiry. Zusammenfassung This illuminating book provides a reconstruction of social theory that emphasizes its humanist foundations and the centrality of values in social inquiry.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Selznick, Philip/ Krygier Selznick
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2008
• EAN: 9780804758628
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5862-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories