Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Weber and Durkheim 1.1 Weber and Durkheim: a methodological comparison 1.2 Why Weber and Durkheim? 1.3 Methodology and research practice in Weber and Durkheim 1.4 ‘How’ Weber and Durkheim? 2. Analyzing Protestants and Catholics 2.1 Durkheim: Protestants, Catholics – and suicide 2.2 Weber: Protestants, Catholics – and capitalism 3. ‘Social ontology’ 3.1 Weber: a chaos perception 3.2 Durkheim: a cosmos perception 4. Epistemology 4.1 Durkheim: inductivism 4.2 Weber: neo-Kantianism 5. Science and values 5.1 Weber: the gulf between ‘Is’ and ‘Ought’ 5.2 Durkheim: the bridge between ‘Is’ and ‘Ought’ 6. Methodological individualism 6.1 Weber: methodological individualism 6.2 Durkheim: methodological collectivism 7. Types of explanation 7.1 Durkheim: functional and causal explanations 7.2 Weber: intentional and causal explanations 8. Formation of concepts 8.1 Weber: ideal types 8.2 Durkheim: generic concepts 9. Laws 9.1 Durkheim: laws as an end 9.2 Weber: laws as means 10. Weber and Durkheim: a methodological comparison 10.1 Weber and Durkheim: two methodologies, two sociologies? 10.2 Methodological principles and research practice in Weber and Durkheim. Bibliography.
Biography
Henrik Jensen, Dr.Scient.Pol. and Ph.D. in Political Science, is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen and has written and lectured on social science methodology.
