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Explaining Social Behavior

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Author : Jon Elster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30

Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with Philosophy categories.

This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources - psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models. In a provocative conclusion, Elster defends the centrality of qualitative social sciences in a two-front war against soft (literary) and hard (mathematical) forms of obscurantism.

Explaining Social Behavior

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Author : Jon Elster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-30

Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-30 with Philosophy categories.

A substantially revised edition of Jon Elster's critically acclaimed book exploring the nature of social behavior and the social sciences.

Explaining Social Behavior

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Author : Jon Elster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-28

Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with Science categories.

In this new edition of his critically acclaimed book, Jon Elster examines the nature of social behavior, proposing choice as the central concept of the social sciences. Extensively revised throughout, the book offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms, drawing on many case studies and experiments to explore the nature of explanation in the social sciences; an analysis of the mental states - beliefs, desires, and emotions - that are precursors to action; a systematic comparison of rational-choice models of behavior with alternative accounts, and a review of mechanisms of social interaction ranging from strategic behavior to collective decision making. A wholly new chapter includes an exploration of classical moralists and Proust in charting mental mechanisms operating 'behind the back' of the agent, and a new conclusion points to the pitfalls and fallacies in current ways of doing social science, proposing guidelines for more modest and more robust procedures.

Nuts And Bolts For The Social Sciences

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Author : Jon Elster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Nuts And Bolts For The Social Sciences written by Jon Elster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social interaction categories.

Equity And Justice In Social Behavior

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Author : Jerald Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2014-05-10

Equity And Justice In Social Behavior written by Jerald Greenberg and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with Social Science categories.

Equity and Justice in Social Behavior provides a critical assessment of the social psychological knowledge relevant to justice. This book illustrates how the broad concept of justice pervades the core literature of social psychology. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the primary justice theories and identifies some of the focal issues with which they are concerned. This text then provides the necessary theoretical background for the study. Other chapters consider the various individual difference variables known to affect adherence to social justice norms. This book explains as well how the perceived causes of justice affect attempts to seek redress, and how actors and observers diverge in their perspectives about justice. The final chapter deals with the normative and instrumental interpretations that have been offered to explain justice behavior. This book is a valuable resource for social psychologists, social scientists, philosophers, political actors, theorists, and graduate students.

Explaining Social Behavior

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Author : Paul F. Secord
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Explaining Social Behavior written by Paul F. Secord and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.

Modern Sociological Theory

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Author : George Ritzer
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2017-01-23

Modern Sociological Theory written by George Ritzer and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-23 with Social Science categories.

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Now with SAGE Publishing, and co-authored by one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, the Eighth Edition of Modern Sociological Theory by George Ritzer and Jeffrey Stepnisky provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and theoretical schools, from the Structural Functionalism of early 20th century through the cutting-edge theories of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of contemporary thinkers.

Al Jahiz And Religious Knowledge

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Author : Hussein Ali Abdulsater
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2025-05-31

Al Jahiz And Religious Knowledge written by Hussein Ali Abdulsater and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-31 with Literary Criticism categories.

While it may seem paradoxical to combine trust in rational religion with distrust of human reason, this is exactly what a group of understudied Muslim theologians proposed. Known as the Epistemists, they pushed for an inclusive epistemology that broadened the scope of knowledge. They argued that humans can acquire rational knowledge without discursive arguments, through an unconscious process of social exposure. In this, the Epistemists presented a radical alternative to other Islamic conceptions of rationalism, with immense promise for modern contexts. This book reconstructs a worldview prominent among the Epistemists, and explores how it correlates with their rise and fall as a theological trend. It examines the intellectual project of their premier advocate, al-Jahiz (d. 868-9), offering a systematic reading of his oeuvre as an Epistemist, and situates it in the formative ?Abbasid moment of Islamic history.

Natural Selection And Social Behavior

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Author : Richard D. Alexander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

Natural Selection And Social Behavior written by Richard D. Alexander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Social Science categories.

Sociological Theory

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Author : George Ritzer
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2021-02-09

Sociological Theory written by George Ritzer and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-09 with Social Science categories.

The authors are proud sponsors of the SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology′s 19th century origins through the early 21st century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers, the text integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, placing them in historical and intellectual context. The Eleventh Edition includes examples of premodern sociological theory from Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun, Harriet Martineau’s feminist writings contextualized within the history of sociological thought, discussions of actor-network theory through Donna Haraway’s work on cyborgs and companion species, illustrations of historical comparative sociology with Saskia Sassen’s concepts of the global city and expulsions, and more ways to help students to understand sociology’s major theories. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.