Winch's double-edged idea of a social science

2024-12-07 Classification：history Click()
Author：Pettit, P

Article Title：Winch's double-edged idea of a social science

Abstract：
Peter Winch's 1958 book The Idea of a Social Science contains two distinguishable sets of theses, one set bearing on the individual-level understanding of human beings, the other on the society-level understanding of the regularities and institutions to which human beings give rise. The first set of claims is persuasive and significant but the second is a mixed bunch: none is well established and only some are sound.

Keywords:  atomism; individualism; participation; practice; rules; sociology

DOI: 10.1177/09526950022120601

Source：HISTORY OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES

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