The Author, the text and the canon: Gadamer and the persistence of classic tin sociology

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-22

  How, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authorship; Classic; Gadamer; Understanding; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846941958     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X07073950     Document Type: Article

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