The Project Gutenberg eBook of Introduction To The Science Of Sociology, by Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess. History of sociology. Within a relatively brief period the discipline greatly expanded and diverged, both topically and methodologically, particularly as a result of myriad reactions against empiricism.
Historical debates are broadly marked by theoretical disputes over the primacy of either structure or agency. Contemporary social theory has tended toward the attempt to reconcile these dilemmas. The linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-twentieth century led to increasingly interpretative, and philosophic approaches to the analysis of society.
Sociology - USA. Sociology - Japan. Sociology - England. Sociology - Germany. Sociology - Brazil.