TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbott,Andrew Delano
TI  - Chaos of disciplines
SN  - 9780226001050 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HM585 .A23 2001eb
U1  - 301/.01 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Sociologie
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Sciences sociales
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Regional Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - General
KW  - Sociale wetenschappen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Filosofische aspecten
KW  - Philosophie sociale
KW  - ram
KW  - swd
KW  - Soziologie
KW  - ანთროპოლოგია
KW  - ზოგადი ანთროპოლოგია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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