Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology

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Oxford University Press, 2007 - Social Science - 195 pages
This volume identifies three persisting areas of tension in sociology--sociology's ambiguous identity vis-a-vis social anthropology, its claim for scientificity, the appropriateness of the units of its analyses--society, nation-state, and civilization.

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A Plea for Contextualization
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An Analysis in Reciprocity
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