TY - BOOK ID - 8301217 TI - Processual sociology PY - 2016 SN - 9780226336596 9780226336626 022633659X 022633662X 9780226336763 022633676X PB - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Change KW - Becoming (Philosophy) KW - Ontology KW - Philosophy. KW - Social aspects. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Social theory KW - Being KW - Philosophy KW - Metaphysics KW - Necessity (Philosophy) KW - Substance (Philosophy) KW - Process philosophy KW - Catastrophical, The KW - Social philosophy KW - 316.4 KW - 316.4 Sociale processen KW - Sociale processen KW - Change. KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Social sciences - Philosophy KW - Sociology - Philosophy KW - Change - Social aspects KW - Becoming (Philosophy) - Social aspects KW - Ontology - Social aspects KW - Sociology - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8301217 AB - In Processual Sociology, Abbott first examines the endurance of individuals and social groups through time and then goes on to consider the question of what this means for human nature. He looks at different approaches to the passing of social time and determination, all while examining the goal of social existence, weighing the concepts of individual outcome and social order. Abbott concludes by discussing core difficulties of the practice of social science as a moral activity, arguing that it is inescapably moral and therefore we must develop normative theories more sophisticated than our current naively political normativism. Ranging broadly across disciplines and methodologies, Processual Sociology breaks new ground in its search for conceptual foundations of a rigorously processual account of social life. ER -