Logics of History : Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

logics of history : social theory and social transformation (chicago studies in practices of meaning)

Logics of History : Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

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Keth Baker Keith Baker :

"This is a truly significant work. Logics of History will set the agenda for theoretical discussion about the nature of social transformations and the relation between history and the social sciences for years to come."--Keith Baker, Stanford University

Mich�le Lamont Mich�le Lamont :

"Logics of History initiates dialogue between historians and social scientists about social theory and shows historians that they have important contributions to make to current theoretical discussions. Written by one of the most influential and widely respected historians today, it is a book that will make the intellectual history of our times."-Mich�le Lamont, Harvard University

Sherry B. Ortner Sherry B. Ortner :

"If 'events' are, according to William H. Sewell Jr., 'that relatively rare subclass of happenings that significantly transforms structures,' then Logics of History is surely an event. His extraordinary range of intellectual and cultural knowledge across multiple social science disciplines puts him in a position to make novel and brilliant connections. The relationship between history and social theory will never be the same."--Sherry B. Ortner, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

Book Description
While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History argues that both history and the social sciences have something crucial to offer each other. While historians do not think of themselves as theorists, they know something social scientists do not: how to think about the temporalities of social life. On the other hand, while social scientists’ treatments of temporality are usually clumsy, their theoretical sophistication and penchant for structural accounts of social life could offer much to historians.

Renowned for his work at the crossroads of history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, Sewell argues that only by combining a more sophisticated understanding of historical time with a concern for larger theoretical questions can a satisfying social theory emerge. In Logics of History, he reveals the shape such an engagement could take, some of the topics it could illuminate, and how it might affect both sides of the disciplinary divide.

Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning),William H. Sewell Jr.,University Of Chicago Press,0226749185,Anthropology - General,Archaeology / Anthropology,General,History,Philosophy,Social History,Social Science,Social sciences and history,Sociology,Sociology - Social Theory,Study & Teaching,History: theory & methods,Social Science / Anthropology / General

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