Social Science Quotations: Who Said What, When, and WhereRobert Merton Social Science Quotations has been prepared to meet an evident, unmet need in the literature of the social sciences. Writings on the lives and theories of individual social scientists abound, but there has been no fully documented collection of memorable quotations from the social sciences as a whole. The frequent use of quotations in scientific as well as literary writings that are mere summaries or paraphrases typically fail to capture the full force of formulations that have made quotations memorable. This book of quotations invites the further reading or rereading of the original texts, beyond the quotations themselves. Sills and Merton draw extensively upon the writings that constitute the historical core of the social sciences and social thought; those works with staying power often described as the "classical texts." Many quotations have been drawn from these classical texts because the quotations contain memorable ideas memorably expressed. Both consequential and memorable, these words have been quoted over the generations, entering into the collective memory of social scientists everywhere and at times diffusing into popular thought and into the vernacular as well. This book is useful to social scientists, anthropologists, economists, historians, political scientists, psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists and statisticians, and for all who want to learn or verify memorable formulations and phrases concerning social thought and social theories. It is particularly useful for graduate students taking courses that examine the history of their discipline. |
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... volume or suggested other scholars who might be asked for nominations. Andrew B. Abel University of Pennsylvania Robert Amdur Columbia University Abram Amsel University of Texas Solomon E. Asch Princeton, New Jersey Barbara Babcock ...
... volume of quotations serves as a comprehensive collection of the basic ideas and formulations of the various social sciences; it is emphatically not a one-volume summary of the writings of the authors included in the volume. This is ...
... volume for ready reference, we have also included some quotations from the social sciences and social thought that, widely questioned as to substance, retain an enduring fame or notoriety. In an effort to enlarge the scope of the volume ...
... volume? Along with the quotations with greatest staying power, others were selected by using these guidelines: 1. Frequently-quoted substantive statements that encapsulate basic contributions to the social sciences. 2. Statements ...
... . We trust that the volume will be found useful and that readers who detect errors of any kind will call them to our attention. June 1992 DAVID L. SILLS ROBERT K. MERTON Codicil to SSQ Introduction The editors are grateful to Irving.
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Social Science Quotations: Who Said What, When, and Where David L. Sills,Robert King Merton Limited preview - 2000 |