The Social Animal - Rilegato

Runciman, W. G.

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ISBN 10: 047209730X ISBN 13: 9780472097302

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2000

Riassunto

W. G. Runciman's masterly book sets out the present extent of our knowledge about how human groups, communities, institutions, and societies work and the social forces that act upon people who live within them. In a brief span, Runciman conveys both how fascinating the study of society is and what a particularly exciting time this is for that study, with all the developments being made in the behavioral sciences, whether in demography, linguistics, or economics, or in genetics, biological anthropology, and developmental and cognitive psychology. The linking theme of the book is an approach to sociology based not on the outdated dogmas of Marxism or Social Darwinism but on current neo-evolutionary theory.
W. G. Runciman is Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous books includeRelative Deprivation and Social Justice, A Critique of Max Weber's Philosophy of Social Science, and his three-volumeA Treatise on Social Theory. He is also Chairman of the shipping group Andrew Weir & Co. Ltd. and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. He chaired the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice in England and Wales 1991-93.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 047209730X
• ISBN 13: 9780472097302
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 230