{"product_id":"chaos-of-disciplines-paperback-1","title":"Chaos of Disciplines - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vital new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. \u003ci\u003eChaos of Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, Abbott contends that disciplines instead cycle around an inevitable pattern of core principles. New schools of thought, then, are less a reaction to an established order than they are a reinvention of fundamental concepts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChaos of Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e uses fractals to explain the patterns of disciplines, and then applies them to key debates that surround the social sciences. Abbott argues that knowledge in different disciplines is organized by common oppositions that function at any level of theoretical or methodological scale. Opposing perspectives of thought and method, then, in fields ranging from history, sociology, and literature, are to the contrary, radically similar; much like fractals, they are each mutual reflections of their own distinctions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vital new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. \u003ci\u003eChaos of Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, Abbott contends that disciplines instead cycle around an inevitable pattern of core principles. New schools of thought, then, are less a reaction to an established order than they are a reinvention of fundamental concepts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaos of Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e uses fractals to explain the patterns of disciplines, and then applies them to key debates that surround the social sciences. Abbott argues that knowledge in different disciplines is organized by common oppositions that function at any level of theoretical or methodological scale. Opposing perspectives of thought and method, then, in fields ranging from history, sociology, and literature, are to the contrary, radically similar; much like fractals, they are each mutual reflections of their own distinctions. Abbott extends this concept to social structure and moral action in the book's closing chapters. He demonstrates how self-similar social structures arise, considers their implications for individual experience and solidarity, and then shows how self-similarity makes sense of the debate over politicization in academia; ultimately, \u003ci\u003eChaos of Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e contends that the political wars in the humanities and social sciences involve far less disagreement than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is author of \u003ci\u003eDepartment and Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe System of Professions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.14 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039018324048,"sku":"9780226001012","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/UTFvdDBUNHE2ck93U0dMTUhkT0t2Zz09_53e5efb3-7c5b-4f03-8a36-0e21f91c1c33.webp?v=1771841254","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/chaos-of-disciplines-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}