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Toward a Science of Man in Society

A Positive Approach to the Integration of Social Knowledge

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  • © 1961

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  1. K. William Kapp

    1. Universität Basel, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Studies of Social Life (SOSL, volume 6)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Fragmentation of Social Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Specialization and Compartmentalization Symptoms and Effects

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 3-16

    3. The Causes of Compartmentalization

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 17-48

    4. Approaches to Integration A Critical Review

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 48-69

  3. Levels of Organization: Inanimate Matter, Living Organisms and Human Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Inanimate Matter

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 73-86

    3. Living Organism

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 87-102

    4. Human Society

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 103-119

  4. Man and Culture as Integrating Conceptual Frameworks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Integration by Common-Denominator Concepts

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 123-137

    3. Toward a Concept of Man and Human Nature

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 138-159

    4. The Modern Concept of Culture

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 160-178

    5. Integration and the Strategy of Scientific Inquiry

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 179-199

    6. Toward a Science of Man in Society

      • K. William Kapp
      Pages 200-211

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 213-229
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About this book

THIS study is concerned with the search for a new unity of social knowledge and social inquiry. As such it is addressed to all those who see in the present compartmentalization and special­ ization of the social sciences the reason for the bewildering pro­ liferation of subject matters, the preoccupation with trivia and the failure to make the maximum use of our knowledge for human welfare. More specifically, I am addressing this book to those who are dealing with "interdisciplinary" problems such as the study of foreign areas, the analysis of sociocultural change, economic development of "backward" economies and the planning and teaching of "integrated" courses in the social sciences. The book suggests an answer to the question, How can our specialized knowledge about man and society be unified? As such the study reflects the conviction that all scientific knowledge, in order to make the greatest possible contribution to human welfare, must become comprehensive in character. In fact, such knowledge differs from popular and common-sense understanding precisely by the fact that it is systematically formulated and held together in terms of a few unifying conceptual frameworks. Indeed, all scientific understanding is, above all, an effort to simplify by unifying what has long appeared as unrelated and disparate. Those who believe that compartmentalization and specialization are the royal road to success in the social sciences may find this an irritating book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universität Basel, Switzerland

    K. William Kapp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toward a Science of Man in Society

  • Book Subtitle: A Positive Approach to the Integration of Social Knowledge

  • Authors: K. William Kapp

  • Series Title: Studies of Social Life

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3660-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlanlds 1961

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0512-2Published: 31 January 1961

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3660-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 244

  • Topics: History, general

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