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Gane, Nicholas (2009) Concepts and the `new' empiricism. European Journal of Social Theory, Volume 12 (Number 1). pp. 83-97. doi:10.1177/1368431008099645 ISSN 1368-4310.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368431008099645
Abstract
This article examines the role of concepts in the so-called 'new' empiricism that is currently emerging from the writings of Gilles Deleuze. It asks what concepts are, and how they might be put to work to present the 'pure difference' of the empirical world. In addressing these questions, a number of parallels and contrasts are drawn between the writings of Deleuze and Max Weber. It is shown that many of Deleuze's key arguments about concepts- in particular, that they are pedagogical, multiple, networked and problem-oriented in basis - are anticipated by Weber's sociological methodology of concept formation. This leads, finally, to a consideration of whether the creation of concepts as a practice belongs primarily within the domain of philosophy (as argued by Deleuze), or if it is a key part of social scientific work more generally.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Social Theory | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1368-4310 | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 12 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 83-97 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1368431008099645 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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