Sociology as a Human Science: Essays on Interpretation and Causal Pluralism

Sociology as a Human Science is a collection of essays by Isaac Ariail Reed that explore concept and method in social science, covering topics such as realism, positivism, postmodernism, empiricism, mechanisms, causality, and power. Reed's reconstructive approach places sociology at the center of debates about knowledge production across the humanities and social sciences, offering analytically sound, theoretically extensive, and empirically rich understandings of social life.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 26 April 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Sociology, as a human science, presents a comprehensive collection of essays by Isaac Ariail Reed. These essays, previously scattered across various publications, have been brought together for the first time, accompanied by a fresh introduction. Through these writings, Reed offers a unique perspective on concept and method in social science, shaping the field's development in the 21st century. Reed delves into profound themes such as realism and positivism, postmodernism and empiricism, mechanisms and causality, and power and history. By exploring these topics, he unravels the core debates that have given rise to contemporary sociology. With meticulous attention to metatheory and epistemology, Reed moves towards a program of interpretive explanation centered on culture and power. This approach positions sociology at the forefront of knowledge production across the humanities and social sciences. By adopting a reconstructive stance, influenced by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism, Reed offers a path for interpretive sociology to provide analytically robust, theoretically comprehensive, and empirically rich understandings of social life.

Sociology, as a human science, presents a comprehensive collection of essays by Isaac Ariail Reed. These essays, previously scattered across various publications, have been brought together for the first time, accompanied by a fresh introduction. Through these writings, Reed offers a unique perspective on concept and method in social science, shaping the field's development in the 21st century. Reed delves into profound themes such as realism and positivism, postmodernism and empiricism, mechanisms and causality, and power and history. By exploring these topics, he unravels the core debates that have given rise to contemporary sociology. With meticulous attention to metatheory and epistemology, Reed moves towards a program of interpretive explanation centered on culture and power. This approach positions sociology at the forefront of knowledge production across the humanities and social sciences. By adopting a reconstructive stance, influenced by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism, Reed offers a path for interpretive sociology to provide analytically robust, theoretically comprehensive, and empirically rich understandings of social life.

Weight: 488g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031183560
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023