Frontiers of sociology / edited by Peter Hedström, Björn Wittrock.

• Superior document: Annals of the International Institute of Sociology, v. 11
• Author: Institut international de sociologie. World Congress
• TeilnehmendeR: Hedström, Peter.; Wittrock, Björn.; Institut international de sociologie. World Congress
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Annals of the International Institute of Sociology ; new ser., v. 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Notes: "A little more than half of the chapters of this book draw on texts that were originally presented at the 37th World Congress"--P. 2.

The 37th World Congress of the IIS focused on theory and research at the forefront of sociology and the relationship between sociology and its neighbouring disciplines. This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the current standing of sociology. It is a stocktaking of the unique nature of sociology in the light of advances within the discipline itself and within a range of neighbouring disciplines. Some of the chapters outline institutional and professional strategies for sociology in the new millennium. Others trace scholarly advances and propose ambitious research programmes drawing on recent developments not only within traditional neighbouring disciplines such as history, political science, and economics, but also within the cognitive, cultural and mathematical sciences. Contributors include: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Raymond Boudon, Richard Breen, Christofer R. Edling, S. N. Eisenstadt, Jack Goldstone, Philip Gorski, Peter Gärdenfors, Ulf Hannerz, Peter Hedström, Hans Joas, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Jens Rydgren, Neil Smelser, Aage B. Sørensen, Richard Swedberg, Piotr Sztompka, Peter Wagner and Björn Wittrock.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock -- Introduction: Frontiers Of Sociology / Peter Hedström and Björn Wittrock -- The Emergence Of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy / Hans Joas -- The Social Sciences And The Two Relativisms / Raymond Boudon -- The Return To Values In Recentsociological Theory / Piotr Sztompka -- Sociology And Political Science: Learning And Challenges / Jack A. Goldstone -- Toward A New Comprehensive Social Science / Dietrich Rueschemeyer -- History And Sociology: Transmutations Of Historical Reasoning In The Social Sciences / Björn Wittrock -- Axial Visions And Axial Civilizations: The Transformations Of World Histories Between Evolutionary Tendencies And Institutional Formations / S. N. Eisenstadt -- Social “Mechanisms” And Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal / Philip Gorski -- Sociology And The Economic Sciences / Neil J. Smelser -- Formal Theory In The Social Sciences / Richard Breen -- Bourdieu’s Contribution To Economic Sociology / Richard Swedberg -- Modernity As Experience And As Interpretation: Towards Something Like A Cultural Turn In The Sociology Of “Modern Society” / Peter Wagner -- Geocultural Scenarios / Ulf Hannerz -- The Social Stance And Its Relation To Intersubjectivity / Peter Gärdenfors -- Shared Beliefs About The Past: A Cognitive Sociology Of Intersubjective Memory / Jens Rydgren -- The Analytical Turn In Sociology / Peter Hedström -- We Always Know More Than We Can Say: Mathematical Sociologists On Mathematical Sociology / Christofer Edling -- Statistical Models And Mechanisms Of Social Processes / Aage B. Sørensen -- Causal Inference And Statistical Models In Modern Social Sciences / Hans-Peter Blossfeld -- Notes On Contributors / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock -- Author Index / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock.