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Abbott, Andrew Delano

Chaos of disciplines [electronic resource] / Andrew Abbott. - University of Chicago Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xvi, 259 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252) and index.

Preface; Prologue; Part 1 Self-Similarity in Social Science; 1 The Chaos of Disciplines; 2 The Duality of Stress; 3 The Fraction of Construction; 4 The Unity of History; 5 The Context of Disciplines; Part 2 Two Essays on Self-Similarity; 6 Self-Similar Social Structures; 7 The Selfishness of Men; Epilogue; References; Index.

In this vital new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. Chaos of Disciplines reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, Abbott contends that disciplines instead cycle around an inevitable pattern of core principles. New schools of thought, then, are less a reaction to an established order than they are a reinvention of fundamental concepts. Chaos of Disciplines uses fractals to explain the patterns of disciplines.

ISBN: 9780226001050 (electronic bk.) 0226001059 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology--Philosophy.
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Social Science.
Sociologie--Philosophie.
Sciences sociales--Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Sociale wetenschappen.
Filosofische aspecten.
Philosophie sociale.
Sociologie--Philosophie.
Philosophie.
Soziologie.

Subjects--Index Terms: ანთროპოლოგია ზოგადი ანთროპოლოგია

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM585 / .A23 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 301/.01

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 316.