Action Theory: Methodological Studies

by Helmut Staubmann and Staubmann

The volume explores the legacy of the general theory of action in order to exploit it for contemporary debates on the methodology of the social sciences. It includes the important but so far unpublished Parsons manuscript "The Sociology of Knowledge and the History of Ideas" and essays by Thomas Fararo (University of Pittsburgh): "On the Foundations of Action Theory"; Victor Lidz (Drexel University) and Harold Bershady (University of Pennsylvania):...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3825875024
• ISBN13: 9783825875022
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Lit Verlag
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher