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Review Of The Living Legacy Of Marx, Durkheim And Weber. Richard Altschuler (Ed.). Reviewed By Shana Cohen., Shana Cohen Mar 2002

Review Of The Living Legacy Of Marx, Durkheim And Weber. Richard Altschuler (Ed.). Reviewed By Shana Cohen., Shana Cohen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Richard Altschuler (Ed.), The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim and Weber. New York: Gordion Knot Books, 2000. (2 volumes at $39.95 each in paperback).


The Emotions: Senses Of The Modern Self, E. Doyle Mccarthy Jan 2002

The Emotions: Senses Of The Modern Self, E. Doyle Mccarthy

Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Order Without Rules: Critical Theory And The Logic Of Conversation, James J. Chriss Jan 2002

Review Of Order Without Rules: Critical Theory And The Logic Of Conversation, James J. Chriss

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Order Without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation," by David Bogen.


Book Review: Bogen On Social Theory, Rules, And Order, James Chriss Jan 2002

Book Review: Bogen On Social Theory, Rules, And Order, James Chriss

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Order Without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation," by David Bogen.


The Cultural Economy Of Dublin, Ellen Hazelkorn, Colm Murphy Jan 2002

The Cultural Economy Of Dublin, Ellen Hazelkorn, Colm Murphy

Books/Book chapters

This article examines the growth between 1990 to 2000 of the interactive media industry in the Dublin area. In this period it became a world leader in the development of electronic leading companies. The article assesses the role the state played in the development of this cluster.


Gouldner's Tragic Vision, James Chriss Jan 2002

Gouldner's Tragic Vision, James Chriss

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

Classical literature, specifically ancient Greek philosophy and especially the study of Greek tragedy, is helpful in tracing out and understanding the transitions Alvin Gouldner made during his career as a sociologist. This article argues that a latent tragic orientation or vision existed during Gouldner's early career as a standout in the field of industrial sociology and that this tragic vision became manifest around 1962 as Gouldner was developing more and more strident denunciations of establishment sociology. This case study of Gouldner's career teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of the tragic vision in helping sociologists to understand the limitations …


An Interview With Sandra Harding, Stephanie Urso Spina, Mike Roberts, Patricia Ticento Clough Jan 2002

An Interview With Sandra Harding, Stephanie Urso Spina, Mike Roberts, Patricia Ticento Clough

Publications and Research

Harding’s position has been critiqued as more postmodern than feminist, as viable without nasty entanglements in feminism, as too concerned with established Eurocentric, scientific discourses, and as appealing to foundational innocence by her concern with realism. But what seems to drive Harding’s choices more than anything is a conscious attempt to be effective in intervening in existing systems of power, whether empiricist and postmodern. By taking this position, Harding undertakes a difficult task. Its difficulty, however, is compensated for by the conversations she generates. As a voice not restricted to one intellectual school, Harding demands attention from many with opposing …


Neutrosophy, A New Branch Of Philosophy, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2002

Neutrosophy, A New Branch Of Philosophy, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this paper is presented a new branch of philosophy, called neutrosphy, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. The Fundamental Thesis: Any idea is T% true, I% indeterminate, and F% false, - where T, I, F are standard or non-standard subsets included in ]0-, 1+[. The Fundamental Theory: Every idea tends to be neutralized, diminished, balanced by ideas (not only , as Hegel asserted) - as a state of equilibrium. Neutrosophy is the base of neutrosophic logic, a multiple value logic that generalizes the fuzzy logic, of neutrosophic …