The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis, in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. For social theory to be of use fo...(展开全部)

The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations between events. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. The mechanism approach calls attention to an i...(展开全部)

The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations between events. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. The mechanism approach calls attention to an i...(展开全部)

The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis, in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. For social theory to be of use fo...(展开全部)

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that can hide more than it reveals. Cutting through the often off-putting writing styles of social theoris...(展开全部)

大卫•英格里斯（David Inglis），赫尔辛基大学社会科学院教授，研究方向为古典和现代社会理论、历史社会学、文化社会学、食物和酒文化等。著有《身体》（2003）、《文化和日常生活》（2005）、《艺术与审美》（2009）、《文化社会学》（2012）等。 克里斯托弗•索普（Christopher Thorpe），埃克塞特大学社会学、哲学和人类学学院讲师，研究方向为古典和现代社会理论、文化社会学、社会工作等。著有《社会学之书》（2015）、《社会工作社会理论》（2017）、《社会学向上看》（2017）等。 何蓉，博士生导师，中国社会科学院社会学系研究员。研究方向为社会学理论、宗教社会学；出版有《社会学与经济学：马克斯•韦伯与社会科学基本问题》等专著，《马克斯•韦伯与经济社会学思想》《社会学的理论逻辑：第三卷》等译著；发表论文多篇。

大卫•英格里斯（David Inglis），赫尔辛基大学社会科学院教授，研究方向为古典和现代社会理论、历史社会学、文化社会学、食物和酒文化等。著有《身体》（2003）、《文化和日常生活》（2005）、《艺术与审美》（2009）、《文化社会学》（2012）等。 克里斯托弗•索普（Christopher Thorpe），埃克塞特大学社会学、哲学和人类学学院讲师，研究方向为古典和现代社会理论、文化社会学、社会工作等。著有《社会学之书》（2015）、《社会工作社会理论》（2017）、《社会学向上看》（2017）等。 何蓉，博士生导师，中国社会科学院社会学系研究员。研究方向为社会学理论、宗教社会学；出版有《社会学与经济学：马克斯•韦伯与社会科学基本问题》等专著，《马克斯•韦伯与经济社会学思想》《社会学的理论逻辑：第三卷》等译著；发表论文多篇。

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that can hide more than it reveals. Cutting through the often off-putting writing styles of social theoris...(展开全部)

Building on her seminal contribution to social theory in Culture and Agency, in this 1995 book Margaret Archer develops her morphogenetic approach, applying it to the problem of structure and agency. Since structure and agency constitute different levels of stratified social reality, each possesses distinctive emergent properties which are real and causally efficacious but irre...(展开全部)

Building on her seminal contribution to social theory in Culture and Agency, in this 1995 book Margaret Archer develops her morphogenetic approach, applying it to the problem of structure and agency. Since structure and agency constitute different levels of stratified social reality, each possesses distinctive emergent properties which are real and causally efficacious but irre...(展开全部)