• I: Problems and Theories in the Social Sciences.- I.1. Objectivism Versus Relativism.- 1 / The Notion of a Social Science.- 2 / Social Perception and Social Change.- 3 / Realism and the Supposed Poverty of Sociological Theories.- 4 / Rationality and Relativism.- 5 / Popper on the Difference between the Natural and the Social Sciences.- I.2. Philosophy of Anthropology.- 6 / The Emergence of Social Anthropology from Philosophy.- 7 / On Theories of Fieldwork and the Scientific Character of Social Anthropology.- 8 / Limits to Functionalism and Alternatives to It in Anthropology.- 9 / On the Objectivity of Anthropology.- 10 / The Problem of Ethical Integrity in Participant Observation.- 11 / Anthropology as Science and the Anthropology of Science and of Anthropology.- 12 / Epistle to the Anthropologists.- 13 / On the Limits of Symbolic Interpretation in Anthropology.- 14 / The Problem of the Ethnographic Real.- 15 / Anthropologists and the Irrational.- 16 / Freeman on Mead.- II: Applications and Implications.- II.1 Society and the Arts.- 17 / The Objectivity of Criticism of the Arts.- 18 / The Rationality of Creativity.- II.2. Society and Technology.- 19 / Technology and the Structure of Knowledge.- 20 / The Social Character of Technological Problems.- 21 / Is Technology Unnatural?.- 22 / Utopia and the Architect.- II.3. Society and social control.- 23 / Nationalism and the Social Sciences.- 24 / Explorations in the Social Career of Movies: Business and Religion.- 25 / Methodological and Conceptual Problems in the Study of Pornography and Violence.- Sources.- List of Publications.- Indexes.

' ... this cohesively organized anthology, written in compact and clear manner, contains an abundance of provocative issues intriguingly stated and cogently argued. ... this is a conceptually opulent work both in depth and scope and one highly recommended for social philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, sociologists and anthropologists.' Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 29:3, 1995

• I: Problems and Theories in the Social Sciences.- I.1. Objectivism Versus Relativism.- 1 / The Notion of a Social Science.- 2 / Social Perception and Social Change.- 3 / Realism and the Supposed Poverty of Sociological Theories.- 4 / Rationality and Relativism.- 5 / Popper on the Difference between the Natural and the Social Sciences.- I.2. Philosophy of Anthropology.- 6 / The Emergence of Social Anthropology from Philosophy.- 7 / On Theories of Fieldwork and the Scientific Character of Social Anthropology.- 8 / Limits to Functionalism and Alternatives to It in Anthropology.- 9 / On the Objectivity of Anthropology.- 10 / The Problem of Ethical Integrity in Participant Observation.- 11 / Anthropology as Science and the Anthropology of Science and of Anthropology.- 12 / Epistle to the Anthropologists.- 13 / On the Limits of Symbolic Interpretation in Anthropology.- 14 / The Problem of the Ethnographic Real.- 15 / Anthropologists and the Irrational.- 16 / Freeman on Mead.- II: Applications and Implications.- II.1 Society and the Arts.- 17 / The Objectivity of Criticism of the Arts.- 18 / The Rationality of Creativity.- II.2. Society and Technology.- 19 / Technology and the Structure of Knowledge.- 20 / The Social Character of Technological Problems.- 21 / Is Technology Unnatural?.- 22 / Utopia and the Architect.- II.3. Society and social control.- 23 / Nationalism and the Social Sciences.- 24 / Explorations in the Social Career of Movies: Business and Religion.- 25 / Methodological and Conceptual Problems in the Study of Pornography and Violence.- Sources.- List of Publications.- Indexes.

' ... this cohesively organized anthology, written in compact and clear manner, contains an abundance of provocative issues intriguingly stated and cogently argued. ... this is a conceptually opulent work both in depth and scope and one highly recommended for social philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, sociologists and anthropologists.' Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 29:3, 1995

• I: Problems and Theories in the Social Sciences.- I.1. Objectivism Versus Relativism.- 1 / The Notion of a Social Science.- 2 / Social Perception and Social Change.- 3 / Realism and the Supposed Poverty of Sociological Theories.- 4 / Rationality and Relativism.- 5 / Popper on the Difference between the Natural and the Social Sciences.- I.2. Philosophy of Anthropology.- 6 / The Emergence of Social Anthropology from Philosophy.- 7 / On Theories of Fieldwork and the Scientific Character of Social Anthropology.- 8 / Limits to Functionalism and Alternatives to It in Anthropology.- 9 / On the Objectivity of Anthropology.- 10 / The Problem of Ethical Integrity in Participant Observation.- 11 / Anthropology as Science and the Anthropology of Science and of Anthropology.- 12 / Epistle to the Anthropologists.- 13 / On the Limits of Symbolic Interpretation in Anthropology.- 14 / The Problem of the Ethnographic Real.- 15 / Anthropologists and the Irrational.- 16 / Freeman on Mead.- II: Applications and Implications.- II.1 Society and the Arts.- 17 / The Objectivity of Criticism of the Arts.- 18 / The Rationality of Creativity.- II.2. Society and Technology.- 19 / Technology and the Structure of Knowledge.- 20 / The Social Character of Technological Problems.- 21 / Is Technology Unnatural?.- 22 / Utopia and the Architect.- II.3. Society and social control.- 23 / Nationalism and the Social Sciences.- 24 / Explorations in the Social Career of Movies: Business and Religion.- 25 / Methodological and Conceptual Problems in the Study of Pornography and Violence.- Sources.- List of Publications.- Indexes.

' ... this cohesively organized anthology, written in compact and clear manner, contains an abundance of provocative issues intriguingly stated and cogently argued. ... this is a conceptually opulent work both in depth and scope and one highly recommended for social philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, sociologists and anthropologists.' Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 29:3, 1995