Individualism in Social Science: Forms and Limits of a Methodology - Brossura

Bhargava, Rajeev

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0195695712 ISBN 13: 9780195695717

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2008

Riassunto

The central argument of this book is that methodological individualism-the view that all social phenomena are explicable in ways that only involve individuals-is seriously challenged by a different approach in social science called contextualism. At the outset of his book, Rajeev Bhargava designs a two-fold programme. First, to identify the significant versions of methodological individualism, and to assess both their plausibility and feasibility. Second, to articulate contextualism as a rival conception of social science and to show that it is superior to even the most plausible forms of methodological individualism.
This book challenges this assumption by claiming that methodological individualism is neither trivial nor obviously true. The author presents this challenge by outlining an equally, if not more, credible non-individualist alternative. The dispute over individualism versus holism in social science is best treated here.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Rajeev Bhargava is Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.

Contenuti:

• Introduction
• Section I: Forms of Methodological Individualism
• 1 Methodological Individualism:
• Section II: The Limits of Explanatory Individualism
• 2 Methodological Individualism as a Form of Reductionism:
• 3 Methodological Individualism and the D-N Model:
• 4 Methodological Individualism: Intentionalism:
• Section III: The Limits of Ontological Individualism
• 5 The Second Dimension of Meaning:
• 6 The Non-Individualistic Challenge: Contextualism:
• Concluding Remarks
• References
• Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195695712
• ISBN 13: 9780195695717
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 280