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Ernest Gellner
Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences [EPUB ebook]

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This volume focuses on key conceptual issues in the social sciences, such as Winch’s idea of a social science, structuralism, Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard, and the concept of kinship. In particular it deals with such problems as the relationship of nature and culture, the relevance of concepts drawn from within a given society to its understanding, and the relation of theory to time.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 240 ● ISBN 9781134413386 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2786875 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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