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Rückblick auf das Ende der Welt
Av Edgar Morin, Richard Harvey Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
331 kr
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Society as Text
Essays on Rhetoric, Reason, and Reality
Häftad, 1992
354 kr
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Brown makes elegant use of sociological theory and of insights from language philosophy, literary criticism, and rhetoric to articulate a new theory of the human sciences, using the powerful metaphor of society as text.
Poetic for Sociology
Toward a Logic of Discovery for the Human Sciences
Häftad, 1989
325 kr
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For too long, argues Richard Harvey Brown, social scientists have felt forced to choose between imitating science's empirical methodology and impersonating a romantic notion of art, the methods of which are seen as primarily a matter of intuition, interpretation, and opinion. Developing the idea of …
Social Science as Civic Discourse
Essays on the Invention, Legitimation, and Uses of Social Theory
Inbunden, 1989
539 kr
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Richard Harvey Brown's pioneering explorations in the philosophy of social science and the theory of rhetoric reach a culmination in Social Science as Civic Discourse. In his earlier works, he argued for a logic of discovery and explanation in social science by showing that science and art both …
Modernization in East Asia
Political, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Av Richard Harvey Brown, William T. Liu
Inbunden, 1992
852 kr
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In this volume East Asia is used as a unit of political and economic analysis to reveal an approach to modernization that is distinct from the Western model. The volume especially focuses on the interaction between nations of East Asia; the advantages and limits of export-led growth; relations …
Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America
Häftad, 2011
601 kr
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The United States is in transit from an industrial to a postindustrial society, from a modern to postmodern culture, and from a national to a global economy. In this book Richard Harvey Brown asks how we can distinguish the uniquely American elements of these changes from more global influences. …
Toward a Democratic Science
Scientific Narration and Civic Communication
Häftad, 2014
510 kr
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In this important book, a leading authority in the field of social theory and communication shows how scientific practice is a rhetorical and narrative activity, a story well told. Richard Harvey Brown develops the idea of science as narration, casts various scientific disciplines as literary …
Structure, Consciousness, and History
Av Richard Harvey Brown, Richard Harvey Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1978
468 kr
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First published in 1978, this volume is addressed to the crisis prevailing in the social and cultural sciences. The authors explore the conflict between positivism and romanticism, between hard and soft sociological research methods, and between objectivity and subjectivity - conflicts that were …
Politics of Selfhood
Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism
Häftad, 2003
300 kr
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Looks at the ways social change is expressed through debates over identities and bodiesIn bodies and selves, we can see politics, economics, and culture play out, and the tensions and crises of society made visible. The women’s movement, lobbies for the elderly, pro-choice and pro-life movements, …
