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Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning) by William H. Sewell Jr.; William Hamilton Sewell is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. <i>Logics of History</i> argues that both history and the social sciences have something crucial to offer each other. While historians do not think of themselves as theorists, they know something social scientists do n
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William H. Sewell Jr.; William Hamilton Sewell
- Publisher
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226749174
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (109 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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