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Published in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 3/2015

01-09-2015 | Editorial

In between cultures: Social research in the intercultural context

Author: Martin Weichbold

Published in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie | Issue 3/2015

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From the very inception of sociology, cultural comparison has been a central tenet of both theoretical development and empirical research. In his book The Rules of Sociological Method (1895), Émile Durkheim claimed that intercultural comparison was the quintessential method for sociology. Likewise Max Weber, another of the field’s founding fathers, conducted extensive studies showing the influence of culture (and especially religion) on the economic development of various societies. Although the topic has been raised by other prominent theorists, it somehow lost significance in sociology over the years, although it never completely left the scope of the field. …

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Metadata
Title
In between cultures: Social research in the intercultural context
Author
Martin Weichbold
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 1011-0070
Electronic ISSN: 1862-2585
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-015-0170-x

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