Between Literature and Science The Rise of Sociology |
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| Author:
| Lepenies, Wolf |
| Translator:
| Hollingdale, R. J. |
| Contribution by:
| Daston, Lorraine
Ross, Dorothy
Skinner, Quentin
Tully, James |
| Series title: | Ideas in Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-33810-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1988 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $68.95 |
Book Description:
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The author chronicles the rise of Sociology, a hybrid of science and literary traditions, by discussing the lives and works of the most prominent thinkers of the nineteenth-century. The book presents a penetrating study of idealists grappling with reality when industrial society was in its infancy.
The author chronicles the rise of Sociology, a hybrid of science and literary traditions, by discussing the lives and works of the most prominent thinkers of the nineteenth-century. The book presents a penetrating study of idealists grappling with reality when industrial society was in its infancy.