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.

About the author

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.

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: 176
• 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