Choice, Rationality and Social Theory (Controversies in Sociology, Band 22) - Hardcover

Hindess, Barry

 
9780043013069: Choice, Rationality and Social Theory (Controversies in Sociology, Band 22)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0043013066 ISBN 13: 9780043013069
Verlag: Routledge, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a challenge to the claims of rational choice analysis: the theory that life is principally explicable as the outcome of rational self-interest on the part of individual actors intent on maximizing the satisfaction of their own preferences. Through analysis of the concepts of the actor and of rationality, Barry Hindess argues that the theory is seriously deficient and makes highly questionable assumptions which close off major areas of intellectual enquiry. It ignores the existence of actors other than human individuals; the reality of social influences; and the deliberative process of decision making. It is aimed at students of social theory and sociology.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0043013066
ISBN 13 
9780043013069
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
120
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