THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING PARADIGMS IN SOCIOLOGY
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING PARADIGMS IN SOCIOLOGY
Author(s): Daniel C. BruchSubject(s): Gender Studies, Gender history, Pragmatism, Evaluation research, Social Theory, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: the intellectual and historical roots of theory; structural functionalism; symbolic interactionism; feminist theory; multiple paradigm science; varied interpretations of humankind;
Summary/Abstract: Author briefly sketches some of the social forces at work in the development of sociological theory. He analyses more intensively the intellectual and historical roots of structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism and feminist theory. Other contemporary theories like action theory, systems theory, structuralism, structural theory network theory: existential sociology, are briefly noted. Author concludes that “there are multiple paradigm in sociology and that the sources of their differences are their varied interpretations of humankind."
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 29/1995
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 345-360
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English