Visions of Culture : an Introduction to Anthropological Theories and
... occurs in the context of research. In general discussions of theory, the empirical contexts of fieldwork are too often ignored. This is a shame since ethnographic research is anthropology’s most important addition to the social sciences, and our translations of other cultures’ experiences are anthro ...
... occurs in the context of research. In general discussions of theory, the empirical contexts of fieldwork are too often ignored. This is a shame since ethnographic research is anthropology’s most important addition to the social sciences, and our translations of other cultures’ experiences are anthro ...
Max Weber`s “Modernism”
... confront the issue of how "rational" and "scientific" the study of social phenomena could be. It is Weber, therefore, who had to confront the demands of Kant's rationalism and reconcile those demands with the strongly romantic context that was part of the Heidelberg environment. The writings of Webe ...
... confront the issue of how "rational" and "scientific" the study of social phenomena could be. It is Weber, therefore, who had to confront the demands of Kant's rationalism and reconcile those demands with the strongly romantic context that was part of the Heidelberg environment. The writings of Webe ...
Criticism and a First Selectionist Metamodel for the Growth of
... both the most influential and the most ignored philosopher in the history of science. On the one hand, his empiricism was the chief philosophical inspiration of the logical positivists, who in turn gave shape to science as we know it today—that is, the belief that our experience determines the sourc ...
... both the most influential and the most ignored philosopher in the history of science. On the one hand, his empiricism was the chief philosophical inspiration of the logical positivists, who in turn gave shape to science as we know it today—that is, the belief that our experience determines the sourc ...
WIllIam H. mcNeIll - Patrick Manning
... when his father took a position at the University of Chicago. McNeill’s father, a historian of Protestant religion, took the unusual approach of surveying Protestant churches generally rather than focusing on a single denomination. McNeill’s mother became an academic spouse and served as intellectua ...
... when his father took a position at the University of Chicago. McNeill’s father, a historian of Protestant religion, took the unusual approach of surveying Protestant churches generally rather than focusing on a single denomination. McNeill’s mother became an academic spouse and served as intellectua ...
ibn khaldun`s conception of dynastic cycles and
... decline globally? Are regional power structures changing with new actors like Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia or Turkey entering the fray? Realist School, Political Economy and World System theories have been sub-schools of IR leading the debates on power transition. All of them have also tried to ...
... decline globally? Are regional power structures changing with new actors like Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia or Turkey entering the fray? Realist School, Political Economy and World System theories have been sub-schools of IR leading the debates on power transition. All of them have also tried to ...
Is Patriotism a Virtue
... ian border peoples. A variety of such peoples-Scottish Gaels, Iroquois Indians, Bedouin-have regarded raiding the territory of their traditional enemies living within the confines of such large empires as an essential constituent of the good life; whereas the settled urban or agricultural communiti ...
... ian border peoples. A variety of such peoples-Scottish Gaels, Iroquois Indians, Bedouin-have regarded raiding the territory of their traditional enemies living within the confines of such large empires as an essential constituent of the good life; whereas the settled urban or agricultural communiti ...
Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned
... of honesty), and while communists can no longer be overly confident about some one alternative form of life or another, new communist orientations need not shift from optimism to nihilism, and need not surrender the whole political field to the failures and foreclosures of political parties and stat ...
... of honesty), and while communists can no longer be overly confident about some one alternative form of life or another, new communist orientations need not shift from optimism to nihilism, and need not surrender the whole political field to the failures and foreclosures of political parties and stat ...