History and Social TheoryA Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 ?Burke's study is unique in that it distills many of the previous efforts to address the interface between history and social theory into a concentrated, elegantly written, and thought-provoking analysis of key problems. . . . Excellent, comprehensive index and bibliography. Highly recommended.'--Choice Burke reviews the emergence of the fields of history and social science and traces their tentative convergence in recent decades as he reappraises the current relations between them. |
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... intellectual golden age . As often happens in the history of intellectual endeavour , new problems have been generated by the attempts to solve old ones . Indeed , it has been argued that ' convergence ' is the wrong word to use about ...
... intellectual golden age . As often happens in the history of intellectual endeavour , new problems have been generated by the attempts to solve old ones . Indeed , it has been argued that ' convergence ' is the wrong word to use about ...
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... intellectual construct which simplifies reality in order to understand it . Like a map , its usefulness depends on omitting some elements of reality altogether . It also makes its limited elements or ' variables ' into an internally con ...
... intellectual construct which simplifies reality in order to understand it . Like a map , its usefulness depends on omitting some elements of reality altogether . It also makes its limited elements or ' variables ' into an internally con ...
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... intellectual traditions . Other ideas are more dangerous . They carry a heavier weight of philosophical pre- suppositions . Hence they resist incorporation into an alien tradition - indeed , they threaten to transform any intellectual ...
... intellectual traditions . Other ideas are more dangerous . They carry a heavier weight of philosophical pre- suppositions . Hence they resist incorporation into an alien tradition - indeed , they threaten to transform any intellectual ...
Contents
THEORISTS AND HISTORIANS | 1 |
MODELS AND METHODS | 36 |
CENTRAL CONCEPTS | 46 |
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