Social Evolution and Sociological Categories (Routledge Revivals) By: Paul Q. Hirst Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415572996, 0415572991 eText ISBN: 9781135155728, 1135155720 Edition: 1st Pages: 138 Copyright year: 1976 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.98 USD SKU 9781135155728R90 First published in 1976, this book is concerned with the nature of classification in the social sciences. Its thesis is that classifications are dependent upon and are derived from theoretical explanations. Classification is not a theoretically neutral typification or ordering of social forms. This is because objects classified – societies, social institutions – are not given to knowledge independently of the categories which construct them and because the categories of classification are themselves the products of theories. Additional ISBNs 9786612974151, 9781282974159, 9781135155728, 9781135155735, 9781135155681, 978041557128 Download ebook: https://ouo.io/wptW2BV
