Frontiers of Sociology (Annals of the International Institute of Sociology)

This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the current standing of sociology. It is a stocktaking of the unique nature of sociology in the light of advances within the discipline itself and within a range of neighbouring disciplines.

Table of Contents
Introduction Frontiers of Sociology Peter Hedstrom Hedstrom, Peter Bjorn Wittrock Wittrock, Bjorn 1
The Legacy and Frontiers of Sociology
The Emergence of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy Hans Joas Joas, Hans 15
The Social Sciences and the Two Relativisms Raymond Boudon Boudon, Raymond 25
The Return to Values in Recent Sociological Theory Piotr Sztompka Sztompka, Piotr 39
Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges Jack A. Goldstone Goldstone, Jack A. 59
Toward a New Comprehensive Social Science Dietrich Rueschemeyer Rueschemeyer, Dietrich 67
Sociology and the Historical Sciences
History and Sociology: Transmutations of Historical Reasoning in the Social Sciences Bjorn Wittrock Wittrock, Bjorn 77
Axial Visions and Axial Civilizations: The Transformations of World Histories between Evolutionary Tendencies and Institutional Formations S. N. Eisenstadt Eisenstadt, S. N. 113
Social "Mechanisms" and Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal Philip Gorski Gorski, Philip 147
Sociology and the Economic Sciences
Sociology and the Economic Sciences Neil J. Smelser Smelser, Neil J. 197
Formal Theory in the Social Sciences Richard Breen Breen, Richard 209
Bourdieu's Contribution to Economic Sociology Richard Swedberg Swedberg, Richard 231
Sociology and the Cultural Sciences
Modernity as Experience and as Interpretation: Towards Something Like a Cultural Turn in the Sociology of "Modern Society" Peter Wagner Wagner, Peter 247
Geocultural Scenarios Ulf Hannerz Hannerz, Ulf 267
Sociology and the Cognitive Sciences
The Social Stance and Its Relation to Intersubjectivity Peter Gardenfors Gardenfors, Peter291
Shared Beliefs about the Past: A Cognitive Sociology of Intersubjective Memory Jens Rydgren Rydgren, Jens 307
The Analytical Turn in Sociology Peter Hedstrom Hedstrom, Peter 331
Sociology and the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
We Always Know More Than We Can Say: Mathematical Sociologists on Mathematical Sociology Christofer Edling Edling, Christofer 345
Statistical Models and Mechanisms of Social Processes Aage B. Sorensen Sorensen, Aage B. 369
Causal Inference and Statistical Models in Modern Social Sciences Hans-Peter Blossfeld Blossfeld, Hans-Peter 401
Notes on Contributors 433
Author Index 439