Objectivity, value spheres, and "inherent laws": On some suggestive isomorphisms between Weber, Bourdieu, and Luhmann

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-120

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Field theory; Inherent logic; Max Weber; Niklas Luhmann; Objectivity; Pierre Bourdieu; Social differentiation; Systems theory; Value spheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949175538     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393107311144     Document Type: Article

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