{"product_id":"the-concept-of-the-social-in-uniting-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-hardback-9781439910153","title":"The Concept of the Social in Uniting the Humanities and Social Sciences (Hardback) 9781439910153","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Concept of the Social in Uniting the Humanities and Social Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael E. Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910153\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 June 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this book, Michael Brown provides original and critical analysis of the state of the social sciences and the humanities. He examines the different disciplines that address human affairs--from sociology, philosophy, political science, and anthropology to the humanities in general--to understand their common ground. He probes the ways in which we investigate the meaning of individuality in a society for which individuals are not the agents of the activities in which they participate, and he develops a critical method for studying the relations among activities, objects, and situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Concept of the Social in Uniting the Humanities and Social Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e restores the centrality of sociality to all disciplines that provide for and depend on the social dimension of human life. Ultimately, he establishes a theory of the unity of the human sciences that will surely make readers rethink the current state and future of theory in those fields for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: What Is Human about Human Affairs? \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e I SocialIty: The Problem of Definition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  1 The Urgency of Defining the Social\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  2 Society as a Basic Fact\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  3 Dependence and Autonomy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  4 The Certainty of the Social as the Basic Fact\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  5 The Sociality of Agency\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  6 Models, Theory, and Theorizing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  7 Theorizing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  8 Historicism and Its Alternative\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  9 Social Facts, Situations, and Moral Stakes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e II Social Action\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  10 Can \"the Social\" Be a Proper Object of Theory?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  11 Further Problems in Theorizing the Social\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  12 Social Action as Action\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  13 The Self of the Actor\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  14 Self and Situation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  15 Self and Agency\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  16 Social Action Reconsidered\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e III Subjects and Situations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  17 Overview\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  18 Causes of Failure in the Social Sciences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  19 Objects and Their Subjects\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  20 The Positive Sense of \"Situation\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  21 Practices, Situations, and Inter-subjectivity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  22 Criticism, Inter-subjectivity, and Collective Enunciation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  23 Criticism and Human Affairs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  24 Collective Enunciation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  25 Subjectivity and Objectivity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  26 Summary, Reprise, and Transition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e References\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584907997464,"sku":"9781439910153","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-concept-of-the-social-in-uniting-the-humanities-and-social-sciences-hardback-9781439910153","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}