The Classical Roots of Ethnomethodology: Durkheim, Weber, and Garfinkel - Softcover

Hilbert, Richard A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807849529 ISBN 13: 9780807849521

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Hilbert demonstrates the historical connection between the nineteenth-century theory of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, in which sociology had its origins, and the ethnomethodological approach articulated in the 1960s by Harold Garfinkel. The author rejects the conventional view that draws radical distinctions between the two systems and at the same time provides an intellectual genealogy of ethnomethodology.

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"What Hilbert does is provide historical justification for taking ethnomethodology seriously on its own terms as sociology. Thus, the book should be read, both by ethnomethodologists and by sociological theorists in general."--Charles Lemert, Wesleyan University

Review

What Hilbert does is provide historical justification for taking ethnomethodology seriously on its own terms as sociology. Thus, the book should be read, both by ethnomethodologists and by sociological theorists in general.--Charles Lemert, Wesleyan University
Hilbert powerfully argues that ethnomethodology rescues Durkheim and Weber from their confinement in Parsonian theory. The Classical Roots of Ethnomethodology is a fresh, provocative, and profound interpretation of a significant segment of twentieth-century sociological theory.--Melvin Pollner, University of California, Los Angeles
A gestalt switch for mainstream sociologists and ethnomethodologists alike. . . . Hilbert treats the classics and moderns analytically. He cuts through to a core of central ideas; he shows their resonances and incompatibilities.--from the Foreword by Randall Collins
Hilbert challenges the Parsonian treatment of the classics to show that the concerns of Garfinkel's ethnomethodology are inscribed in the sociological writings of Durkheim and Weber. The result is a new and stimulating reappraisal of the ways in which all three thinkers address the foundations of social action and social order.--John Heritage, University of California, Los Angeles
A fresh, provocative, and profound interpretation of a significant segment of twentieth-century sociological theory.--Melvin Pollner

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807849529
• ISBN 13: 9780807849521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278