Concept information
Preferred term
social theory
Definition(s)
- Theory has multiple meanings in regard to its context in both field and method. In everyday use, the word theory generally means an assumption or inference, to denote a status less than something that can be certifiably known as a fact. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Theory]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- American social theory
- British social theory
- comparative and historical theory
- critical theory
- cultural theory
- economic sociology
- feminist theory
- French social theory
- German social theory
- key people in social theory
- macrosociological theories
- Marxist and neo-Marxist theory
- method and metatheory
- microbehaviorist theory
- micro-interactionist theory
- other/multiple national traditions
- politics and government
- postmodern theory
- psychoanalytic theory
- schools and theoretical approaches
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HV5S2DM1-C
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