1st Edition

Social Science and Historical Perspectives Society, Science, and Ways of Knowing

By Jack David Eller Copyright 2017
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

This accessible book introduces the story of ‘social science’, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and geography. Key questions include: How and why did the social sciences originate and differentiate? How are they related to older traditions that have defined Western civilization? What is the unique perspective or ‘way of... Read more

Introduction

Features of the Book

Chapter 1 What is Social Science?

Chapter 2 Historical Thinking

Chapter 3 Science of Politics

Chapter 4 Economic Outlook

Chapter 5 Psychological Careers

Chapter 6 Sociological Imagination

Chapter 7 Anthropological Perspective

Chapter 8 Geographical Worldview

Chapter 9 Social Science and Other Ways of Knowing

List of Key Terms

Bibliography

Biography

Jack David Eller is Associate Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at the Community College of Denver, USA. An experienced teacher and author, his other books for Routledge include Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives (third edition, 2016), Cultural Anthropology: 101 (2015), Culture and Diversity in the United States (2015), and Introducing Anthropology of Religion (second edition, 2014).

Eller’s book is a logically structured and highly readable overview of the key tenets of various social science disciplines.

- Wendy Rouse, San José State University, USA