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Contributions to sociological theory
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Details
- Creator
- edited by Vinay Kumar Srivastava
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9788132118398, 8132118391, 9788132118756, 8132118758, 8132113861
- OCLC
- on1110164795
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I - On Concepts and Methods -- 1 - Newness in Sociological Enquiry -- 2 - Paradigms and Discourses: New Frontiers in the Sociology of Knowledge -- 3 - Relevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study of Indian Society -- 4 - Altruistic Suicide: A Subjective Approach -- 5 - Rational Social Action as a Basis for Creative Comparisons -- 6 - Feminist Social Theories: Theme and Variations -- 7 - Social Structure -- PART II - On Sociological Thinkers -- 8 - Vidyas: A Homage to Auguste Comte -- 9 - Max Weber's Theory of Social Stratification: Controversies, Contexts and Correctives -- 10 - Malinowski on Freedom and Civilization -- 11 - Some Reflections on Karl Popper's Theory of Social Explanation -- 12 - Outsider Bias and Ethnocentricity: The Case of Gunnar Myrdal -- 13 - Robert Merton's Formulations in Sociology of Science -- 14 - Bourdieu's Theory ofthe Symbolic and theShah Bano Case -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Appendix of Sources