Essays in the theory of society.
Publisher: Routledge & K. Paul
Published: 1968
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Sociology.
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Values and social science; the value dispute in perspective.; title: Homo sociologicus; on the history, significance, and limits of the category of social role.; title: Sociology and human nature; a postscript to Homo sociologicus.; title: Out of Utopia; toward a reorientation of sociological analysis.; title: In praise of Thrasymachus.; title: On the origin of inequality among men.; title: Liberty and equality; reflections of a sociologist on a classical theme of politics.; title: Market and plan; two types of rationality.; title: Uncertainty, science, and democracy.; title: Sociology and the sociologist; on the problem of theory and practice.