Bücher von Jiri (Charles University in Prague Subrt

The systemic approach to sociology is widely considered to be one of the most important conceptions in sociology at the end of the 20th century. In this book Subrt provides a comprehensive overview, and critical appraisal of the theory of social systems.

This book examines individualism and holism, the two interpretive perspectives that have divided sociological theory into two camps, examines attempts to overcome this antinomy and sets out a new approach to resolving this dilemma via `critical reconfigurationism'.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the themes that make up the field of Historical Sociology. At its centre is the human individual as related to social and historical development. The key question it raises is who or what is responsible for the process of human history: society or the individual?