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The Crisis in Sociology

Problems of Sociological Epistemology

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  • © 1980

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  1. Raymond Boudon
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: The Crisis in Sociology

    1. Introduction: The Crisis in Sociology

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 1-30

  3. The Sociology of Sociology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Sociology in the Year 2000

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 33-38

    3. The Three Basic Paradigms of Macrosociology: Functionalism, Neo-Marxism and Interaction Analysis

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 39-61

    4. Tarde’s ‘Psychological Statistics’

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 62-77

    5. Lazarsfeld’s Metasociology

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 78-131

  4. Sociological Epistemology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Towards a Positive Epistemology

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 135-148

    3. Theories, theory and Theory

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 149-194

    4. The Notion of Function

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 195-202

  5. Questions of Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. The Functions of Formalisation in Sociology

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 205-226

    3. The French University Crisis: An Essay in Sociological Diagnosis

      • Raymond Boudon
      Pages 227-257

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 258-285
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Crisis in Sociology

  • Book Subtitle: Problems of Sociological Epistemology

  • Authors: Raymond Boudon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03686-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-23528-7Published: 25 February 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03686-8Published: 26 February 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 285

  • Topics: Social Theory, Epistemology

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