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Sociological theory and research methods: (Record no. 211931)

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International Standard Book Number 9789382396956
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Classification number 300.72
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Personal name Jayaram, N (Author)
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Title Sociological theory and research methods:
Remainder of title A study in the philosophy of the social science /
Statement of responsibility, etc. By N. Jayaram
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Shimla
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Indian Institute of Advance Studies
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2023
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Extent xvi, 435 Pages
Dimensions 20 cm
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Price amount Rs. 685.00
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Formatted contents note Contents<br/>List of Tables xi;<br/>Preface xii;<br/>1. Introduction: Locating the Discourse 1;<br/>1.1 Research: The Generator of Valid Knowledge;<br/>1.2 Theory;<br/>1.3 Logic;<br/>1.4 Method;<br/>Overview of the Book;<br/>2. Enlightenment and the Origins of Sociology: Comte and Positivism;<br/>2.1 The Context;<br/>2.2 Comte: 'The Founder-in-Chief' of Sociology;<br/>2.3 The Foundations of Comte's Sociology;<br/>2.4 The Methodology of Sociology;<br/>2.5 The Ironical Turn in Comte's Thinking; <br/>2.6 The Legacy of Comte;<br/>3. Society as Objective Reality: Durkheim and the Study of 'Social Facts';<br/>3.1 The Background;<br/>32 Intellectual Antecedents and Social Milieu;<br/>3.3 Laying the Methodological Foundation of Sociology;<br/>3.4 Obiectivist Ontology: Delineation of 'Social Facts';<br/>3.5 Positivist Epistemology: The Methodology for Studying Social Facts;<br/>3.6 Championing the Autonomy of Sociology;<br/>4. Community as Socio-Cultural Laboratory: Radcliffe-Brown, the Natural Science of Society, and Beyond 91;<br/>4.1 Community as a Socio-Cultural Laboratory;<br/>4.2 The British School of Social Anthropology: The Two Founders;<br/>4.3 Radcliffe-Brown: 'The Natural Science of Society; <br/>4.4 Methodological Turn in Social Anthropology;<br/>5. Socio-Economic Dynamics as Historical Inevitability: Marx and the 'Materialist Conception of History' 121; <br/>5.1 Ontology and Epistemology;<br/>5.2 The Materialist Conception of History;<br/><br/>5.3 Capital and the Outcome of the Materialist Conception of History;<br/>5.4 The Influence of Marx and His Methodology; <br/>6. Hermeneutics and the Verstehen Approach: Weber and the Study of Social Action;<br/>6.1 The Intellectual Background;<br/>6.2 The Ontology of Systematic Sociology; <br/>6.3 Generalisation through Interpretation: A Methodological Exercise<br/>6.4 The Ideal Type as a Conceptual Tool; <br/>6.5 Objectivity and Value-Freedom; <br/>7. Society as Symbolic Interaction: The Contributions of Mead, Blumer, and Goffman 194;<br/>7.1 Mead: Mind, Self, and Society;<br/>7.2 Blumer and the Chicago School;<br/>7.3 Kuhn and the Iowa School;<br/>7.4 Goffman and the Dramaturgical go Approach; <br/>8. The Life-World and the Social Construction of Reality: The Contributions of Schutz and Berger and Luckmann 224;<br/>8.1 Husserl and Philosophical Phenomenology;<br/>8.2 Schutz: Sociological Phenomenology;<br/>8.3 Berger and Luckmann: The Social Construction of Reality;<br/>8.4 Sociological Phenomenology and Research Methods;<br/>9. Making Sense of Everyday Life: Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology;<br/>9.1 The Genesis of Ethnomethodology;<br/>9.2 The Intellectual Influence;<br/>9.3 The Fundamentals; <br/>9.4 The Methods of Ethnomethodology; <br/>9.5 Ethnomethodology and Symbolic Interactionism;<br/>9.6 Ethnomethodology and the Critique of Conventional Sociology;<br/>10. Feminism and Sociology: Dorothy Smith and Standpoint Epistemology; Goffman and Gender Differences 281; <br/>10.1 Feminism: A Brief Historical Introduction;<br/>10.2 Dorothy Smith and 'A Sociology for Women;<br/>10.3 Goffman on Gender Differences and Institutional Reflexivity;<br/>11. Postmodernism and Sociology: Lyotard and the Critique of Scientific Knowledge 307;<br/>11.1 Post-Modern, Postmodern, and Sociology;<br/>11.2 Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, and Sociology;<br/>11.3 Lyotard on 'Computerisation of Society and 'Mercantilisation of Knowledge';<br/>11.4 Postmodernism as 'Anti-Theory and its Methodological Implications;<br/>11.5 Sociology Responds to Postmodernism;<br/>12. Conclusion: On Dualisms and Eclecticism in Sociological Analysis 327;<br/>12.1 The Trajectory: A Recapitulation;<br/>12.2 Dualisms in Sociological Analysis;<br/>12.3 Eclecticism in Sociological Analysis;<br/>References 353;<br/>Index of Names 407;<br/>Index of Subjects 419. <br/>
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