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Social change or social evolution? Arguments for and against social progress in the sociological theory of evolution
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
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Social change or social evolution? Arguments for and against social progress in the sociological theory of evolution
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Gedeon, Peter
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Sociological theory adapted an evolutionary theoretical framework for understanding social change in the 19th century. Later on the evolutionary approach has been challenged, modified or refused. This paper examines the controversy between anti-evolutionary and neoevolutionary theories. Anti-evolutionary theories attacked the concept of social progress, neo-evolutionary theories defended it. At present, it seems, macrosociological theory has abandoned the concept of social progress. This paper argues that from an analytical perspective there is no compelling argument to do this. Sociological theory may retain the concept of social change linked to an evolutionary theory if in the light of criticisms it redefines it.
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Doctoral School of Sociology, Corvinus University Budapest
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2018-06-21
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://cjssp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cjssp/article/view/255
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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy; Vol 9, No 1 (2018)
2062-087X 2061-5558 |
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eng
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http://cjssp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cjssp/article/view/255/pdf
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Copyright (c) 2018 Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
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