Between Literature and Science: The Rise of Sociology (Ideas in Context, Series Number 10)

Lepenies, Wolf / Hollingdale, R.J. - translator from the German

ISBN 10: 0521338107 / ISBN 13: 9780521338103

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

About this Item

x + 389 pp, Introduction, 3 Parts (France, England, Germany) / 15 chapters with footnotes, bibliography, index. 2nd printing @1992. 6" x 9" green wraps. Binding tight, very light external wear - light shelf-wear on bottom edge text block, pages unmarked, green wraps show light use at the hinges. Size: Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 008430

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Literature and Science: The Rise of Sociology (Ideas in Context, Series Number 10)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521338107
• ISBN 13: 9780521338103
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Trade Paperback.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • SOCIOLOGY

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Synopsis

The theme of this book is the conflict that arose in the early nineteenth century between the literary and scientific intellectuals of Europe, as they competed for recognition as the chief analysts of the new industrial society in which they lived. Sociology was conceived as the third major discipline, a hybrid of the scientific and literary traditions. The author chronicles the rise of the new discipline by discussing the lives and works of the most prominent thinkers of the time, in England, France, and Germany. The book presents a penetrating study of idealists grappling with reality when industrial society was in its infancy. Published with the support of the Exxon Education Foundation.

Book Description

The rise of sociology from the controversy between Literature and Science in the early nineteenth century Europe is documented through an account of the lives and works of prominent thinkers in England, France and Germany.