ABSTRACT
George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method offers original essays written by scholars from the fields of sociology, history, anthropology, and literature with the aim of assessing Homans's rich and diverse intellectual contributions. It is the first volume in over thirty years to offer a reappraisal of the life and work of one of the twentieth century's leading social scientists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|16 pages
Efficient Causes, Final Causes, and Human Nature
George C. Homans and Social Anthropology
chapter 9|26 pages
The Return of the Ghost of Utilitarianism
Talcott Parsons and the Theory of George C. Homans in the 1960s
chapter 11|12 pages
Bringing Obligations Back into Human Rights
Political Thought in George Caspar Homans
