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Functionalist Construction Work in Social Science: The Lost Heritage book cover

1st Edition

Functionalist Construction Work in Social Science The Lost Heritage

By Peter Sohlberg Copyright 2021
296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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An understanding of the complex consequences of social processes and social design activities necessitates a holistic systemic perspective, systematised in the classic structural-functional research tradition, which is presented in Functionalist Construction Work in Social Science . In contrast to fragmented discussions of functionalism and functional analyses, the approach here covers a span... Read more

Introduction

1. The Designed World

2. The Functionalist School and Functional Practice

3. Programmatic Functionalism and Functionalist Programmes

4. Bronisław Malinowski and Cultural Biology

5. Radcliffe Brown: Social Anthropology as Comparative Sociology

6. Marion Levy and Structural-Functional Requisite Analysis

7. Robert K. Merton: Functional Tensions in a Divided World

8. Functional Design and Functional Reasoning: Conclusion

Biography

Peter Sohlberg is Professor in Philosophy of Social Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology as well as Associate Professor in Sociology Uppsala University, Sweden. His recent publication is Theory in Action. Theoretical Constructionism (2017) edited with Håkon Leiulfsrud.

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