A history and philosophy of the social sciences
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Author
Publication
1987 - Basil Blackwell, Oxford [Oxfordshire], England
Language
English
Word Count
86,250 words, Guess
Page Count
345 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2723893M
- ISBN-10063115258X
- OCLC Control Number13860692
- Library of Congress Control Number86017525
- Goodreads3847501
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- LibraryThing4944150
Classifications
- DDC300/.9
- LCCH51 .M37 1987
Description
This ambitious critical history of the variety of disciplines we group together as the social sciences argues that the defining characteristic of social science, both historically and in the present, is ideology. Based originally on a flawed ideal of science, the 'social sciences' have incorporated and refined a set of assumptions about the nature of state and society, assumptions which have been institutionalized with the growth of modern universities.
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