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Dynamic functionalism : strategy and tactics
| 責任表示 | Michael A. Faia |
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| シリーズ | The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association |
| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press , 1986 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xiv, 187 p. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | Over the last several decades, functional theory in the social sciences has fallen into disfavor. Alleged to be a static form of theory incapable of explaining social change, methodologically impotent...and ideologically tainted, functionalism stands accused of being socially and politically reactionary. In this book, Michael Faia challenges the view that functionalism should be rejected. He shows, on the contrary, that the more developed theories in the social sciences tend (or should tend) to move toward a 'functionalist culmination'. He claims that because functional theories are causal, multivariate, time-ordered, and characterized by reciprocal causation, they are in fact inherently dynamic, demand the highest methodological rigor, and also force sociology to transcend its infamous 'paradigm disputes' by recognizing that the social sciences have already achieved an 'integrated methodological paradigm'. Drawing a sharp distinction between functionality for interests and functionality for organizational survival, Faia suggests that, in terms of the latter, stable population theory and life-table analysis provide ways in which an evolutionary view of society may be restored to a central place in the discipline. He also argues that 'requisite analysis' as a major undertaking of functionalism should be replaced by 'neo-evolutionary' inquiries, emphasizing a social-selection perspective. The central arguments of the book are illustrated by a wide variety of examples drawn from several academic disciplines. These range from the incest taboo to witchcraft, from tenure in the US Congress to duration of marriage, from Malthusian population theory to the Club of Rome world model, from Malinowski on magic to Zerubavel on social definitions of time, from Blau's 'macrosocial theories' to Szymanski's Marxist formulations, and from the alleged deterrent effect of capital punishment to the impending 'sex pre-selection' of children. The reader thus gains a strong appreciation of the wide applicability of the functionalist mode of explanation. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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中央図 3C_53‐60 [文(人環)/宗教] | 宗教/12D/750 | 1986 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Bibliography: p. 174-184 Includes index |
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| 著者標目 | *Faia, Michael A. |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Functionalism (Social sciences) LCSH:Social structure |
| 分 類 | LCC:HM24 DC19:305 NDC8:361.6 |
| 書誌ID | 1000483200 |
| ISBN | 0521326575 |
| NCID | BA00400716 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:0521326575 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.14 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.14 |