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... theoretical insights into the issue . As long as biases are kept in check , strong personal feelings often lead to the very best in social theory . For example , in this volume we will have a number of occasions to mention Karl Marx ...
... theoretical insights into the issue . As long as biases are kept in check , strong personal feelings often lead to the very best in social theory . For example , in this volume we will have a number of occasions to mention Karl Marx ...
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... social concern . 3. Every aspect of the social world , from the most exalted to the most mundane , can be the subject of social theory . 4. Social thinkers may focus on particular behaviors because they find them important and ...
... social concern . 3. Every aspect of the social world , from the most exalted to the most mundane , can be the subject of social theory . 4. Social thinkers may focus on particular behaviors because they find them important and ...
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... theory not only because of the strengths of the theory itself , but also because it is the only the- ory capable of producing a more integrative sociological approach . He views ra- tional choice theory as providing the micro - level ...
... theory not only because of the strengths of the theory itself , but also because it is the only the- ory capable of producing a more integrative sociological approach . He views ra- tional choice theory as providing the micro - level ...
Contents
Classical Grand Theories | 13 |
Classical Theories of Everyday Life | 42 |
Contemporary Theoretical Portraits of the Social World 1755 | 75 |
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