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Author : Lester Frank Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X000364259
Author : Lester Frank Ward
Publisher : New York : A. M. Kelley
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3987890
Pure Sociology is a synthesis of Wards sociological thought; his next to last book. Lester F. Ward (1841-1913) worked as a government geologist and paleontologist from 1881 to 1906, when he became professor of sociology at Brown. One of the first and most important of American sociologists, Ward developed a theory of planned progress called telesis, whereby man, through education and development of intellect, could direct social evolution. Ward was eulogized at his death as one of the last giants of nineteenth-century sociology, and many of his ideas - the primacy of artificial over natural forces in the development of human society, the psychological rather than the biological basis of human life, and the stress on process and function rather than on structure in the study of society - provided leads for the researchers in sociology who succeeded him. The emergence of the modern welfare state and the involvement of professional sociologists in the practical problems of politics, poverty, and race represent a kind of vindication of his work.
Author : Bradley Campbell
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813937427
In The Geometry of Genocide, Bradley Campbell argues that genocide is best understood not as deviant behavior but as social control—a response to perceived deviant behavior on the part of victims. Using Donald Black’s method of pure sociology, Campbell considers genocide in relation to three features of social life: diversity, inequality, and intimacy. According to this theory, genocidal conflicts begin with changes in diversity and inequality, such as when two previously separated ethnic groups come into contact, or when a subordinate ethnic group attempts to rise in status. Further, conflicts are more likely to result in genocide when they occur in a context of social distance and inequality and when aggressors and victims cannot be easily separated. Campbell applies his approach to five cases: the killings of American Indians in 1850s California, Muslims in 2002 India and 1992 Bosnia, Tutsis in 1994 Rwanda, and Jews in 1940s Europe. These case studies, which focus in detail on particular incidents within each instance of genocide, demonstrate the theory’s ability to explain an array of factors, including why genocide occurs and who participates. Campbell’s theory uniquely connects the study of genocide to the larger study of conflict and social control. By situating genocide among these broader phenomena, The Geometry of Genocide provides a novel and compelling explanation of genocide, while furthering our understanding of why humans have conflicts and why they respond to conflict as they do.
Author : Lester F Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 2384553666
"I have always maintained that sociology is a science of liberation and not of restraint."Lester F. Ward, often regarded as one of the founding figures of American sociology and a true polymath, presents a comprehensive framework in this seminal work. This book aims to establish sociology as a rigorous scientific discipline. Ward's approach to sociology is both theoretical and empirical, emphasizing the importance of understanding the fundamental laws governing human society. Ward divides sociology into "pure" and "applied" branches. In "Pure Sociology," he focuses on the natural and social laws that underlie social phenomena. He advocates for a positivist methodology, inspired by Auguste Comte, to study society systematically. Ward's vision is to uncover the universal principles that shape human interactions, institutions, and evolution. The book delves into various aspects of social life, including the dynamics of social structures, the role of individual agency, and the influence of cultural and environmental factors. Ward also explores the processes of social differentiation and integration, highlighting how societies evolve and adapt over time. Ward's pioneering work laid the groundwork for future sociological research and established a foundation for understanding the complexities of social life through a scientific lens. His contributions have inspired many prominent sociologists, including Albion Small, Edward A. Ross, and Franklin H. Giddings. These scholars further developed sociological theory and research, building upon Ward's foundational ideas. Ward's influence continues to be felt in contemporary sociological thought, underscoring the significance of a methodical approach to studying society.
Author : Lester F. Ward
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1330040171
Excerpt from Pure Sociology: A Treatise the Origin and Spontaneous, Development of Society I make no claim to priority in the use of the term pure sociology. It is but natural that those who regard sociology as a science should divide the science, as other sciences are divided, into the two natural departments, pure and applied. But as the term "pure sociology" has been freely used for several years by certain European sociologists, it seems proper to explain that the matter for this work has been accumulating in my hands for many years. I should perhaps rather say that sociological material has been long pouring in upon me, and that the first classification that was made of it was into such as related to the origin, nature, and genetic or spontaneous development of society, and such as related to means and methods for the artificial improvement of social conditions on the part of man and society as conscious and intelligent agents. The first of these classes I naturally called pure sociology, the second, applied sociology. It was upon my notes as thus classified that in 1897 I delivered two courses of lectures before the Summer School of the University of Chicago, one on Pure Sociology and the other on Applied Sociology. These two courses of lectures under the same titles, but with ever increasing volume of data, I repeated in 1898 at the University of West Virginia, and in 1899 at Leland Stanford Junior University. I think I can therefore justly claim the right, after three years more of research along the same lines, to give to the work in which the first of these classes of materials is systematically elaborated the title of Pure Sociology which I have always applied to that class, and should I succeed in systematically collating the materials of the second class and in reducing them to a suitable form for publication, I shall crave permission to give to them for like reasons the title Applied Sociology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Lester Frank Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Sociology
ISBN : UCAL:B5193119
Author : Mark Cooney
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813928357
"Thou shalt not kill" is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and still others are lauded and lionized. Why? The traditional answer is that how killers are treated depends on the nature of their killing, whether it was aggressive or defensive, intentional or accidental. But those factors cannot explain the enormous variation in legal officials' and citizens' responses to real-life homicides. Cooney argues that a radically new style of thought—pure sociology—can. Conceived by the sociologist Donald Black, pure sociology makes no reference to psychology, to any single person's intent, or even to individuals as such. Instead, pure sociology explains behavior in terms of its social geometry—its location and direction in a multidimensional social space. Is Killing Wrong? provides the most comprehensive assessment of pure sociology yet attempted. Drawing on data from well over one hundred societies, including the modern-day United States, it represents the most thorough account yet of case-level social control, or the response to conduct defined as wrong. In doing so, it demonstrates that the law and morality of homicide are neither universal nor relative but geometrical, as predicted by Black's theory.
Author : Ferdinand Tönnies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Sociology
ISBN : UOM:39015028051442
Author : Calvin J. Larson
Publisher : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Incorporated
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0030553482
Author : Lester Frank 1841-1913 Ward
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1372288597
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Author : Muhammad Hussein Noure Elahi
Publisher : Osmora Incorporated
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782765928041
Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is diverse, ranging from crime to religion, from the family to the state, from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures. Sociology is an exciting and illuminating field of study that analyzes and explains important matters in our personal lives, our communities, and the world. At the personal level, sociology investigates the social causes and consequences of such things as romantic love, racial and gender identity, family conflict, deviant behavior, aging, and religious faith. At the societal level, sociology examines and explains matters like crime and law, poverty and wealth, prejudice and discrimination, schools and education, business firms, urban community, and social movements. At the global level, sociology studies such phenomena as population growth and migration, war and peace, and economic development. Sociologists emphasize the careful gathering and analysis of evidence about social life to develop and enrich our understanding of key social processes. The research methods sociologists use are varied. Sociologists observe the everyday life of groups, conduct large-scale surveys, interpret historical documents, analyze census data, study video-taped interactions, interview participants of groups, and conduct laboratory experiments. The research methods and theories of sociology yield powerful insights into the social processes shaping human lives and social problems and prospects in the contemporary world. By better understanding those social processes, we also come to understand more clearly the forces shaping the personal experiences and outcomes of our own lives. The ability to see and understand this connection between broad social forces and personal experiences — what C. Wright Mills called “the sociological imagination” — is extremely valuable academic preparation for living effective and rewarding personal and professional lives in a changing and complex society. Students who have been well trained in sociology know how to think critically about human social life, and how to ask important research questions. They know how to design good social research projects, carefully collect and analyze empirical data, and formulate and present their research findings. Students trained in sociology also know how to help others understand the way the social world works and how it might be changed for the better. Most generally, they have learned how to think, evaluate, and communicate clearly, creatively, and effectively. These are all abilities of tremendous value in a wide variety of vocational callings and professions. The present book offers a distinctive and enlightening way of seeing and understanding the social world in which we live and which shapes our lives. Sociology looks beyond normal, taken-for-granted views of reality, to provide deeper, more illuminating and challenging understandings of social life. Through its particular analytical perspective, social theories, and research methods, this unique book is a discipline that expands our awareness and analysis of the human social relationships, cultures, and institutions that profoundly shape both our lives and human history.
Author : Kauko Pietila
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412930901
Published in association with the ISA, and part of the SAGE Studies in International Sociology series, this is a passionate and stimulating exploration of how the work of Georg Simmel can help revitalise and focus the aims of sociology today.
Author : Cherry Schrecker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317008071
Transatlantic Voyages and Sociology explores the transatlantic journeys which have inspired American and European sociologists and contributed to the development of sociology in Europe and in North America. Furthering our understanding of the very complex processes which affect the diffusion of ideas, it sheds light on the diverse influences which come into play, be they on an individual, institutional or political level. With an international team of experts investigating the reciprocal influence of sociological thought on either side of the Atlantic, this volume will appeal to any scholar interested in the history of sociology, the mutual influence of systems of thought, and the migration of ideas.
Author : Robert C. Bannister
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080784327X
During the 1920s a new generation of American sociologists tried to make their discipline more objective by adopting the methodology of the natural sciences. Robert Bannister provides the first comprehensive account of the emergence of this "objectivism"
Author : Lester F Ward
Publisher : Vani Prakashan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789352290178