The Palgrave Handbook of Methodological Individualism
Volume I
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While methodological individualism is a fundamental approach within the social sciences, it is often misunderstood. This highlights the need for a discursive and up-to-date reference work analyzing this approach’s classic arguments and assumptions in the light of contemporary issues in sociology, economics and philosophy. This two-volume handbook presents the first comprehensive overview of methodological individualism. Chapters discuss historical and contemporary debates surrounding this central approach within the social sciences, as well as cutting edge developments related to the individualist tradition with philosophical and scientific implications. Bringing together multiple contributions from the world’s leading experts on this important tradition of theorizing, this collective endeavor provides teachers, researchers and students in sociology, economics, and philosophy with a reliable and critical understanding of the founding principles, key thinkers and intellectual development of MI since the late 19th century.
Nathalie Bulle is Research Director at the National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France.
Francesco Di Iorio is Associate Professor at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
While methodological individualism is a fundamental approach within the social sciences, it is often misunderstood. This highlights the need for a discursive and up-to-date reference work analyzing this approach’s classic arguments and assumptions in the light of contemporary issues in sociology, economics and philosophy. This two-volume handbook presents the first comprehensive overview of methodological individualism. Chapters discuss historical and contemporary debates surrounding this central approach within the social sciences, as well as cutting edge developments related to the individualist tradition with philosophical and scientific implications. Bringing together multiple contributions from the world’s leading experts on this important tradition of theorizing, this collective endeavor provides teachers, researchers and students in sociology, economics, and philosophy with a reliable and critical understanding of the founding principles, key thinkers and intellectual development of MI since the late 19th century.
Presents the first comprehensive overview of methodological individualism Explores the history of methodological individualism and discusses contemporary debates Examines the intersection of MI with other key intellectual traditions in economics and sociology
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“This collection of essays represents a major and much needed academic achievement. For it brings together a wide ranging discussion on a topic—methodological individualism—that for too long has lacked any comprehensive, in depth, and scholarly treatment of the many dimensions this position touches in philosophy of social science. By assembling such an impressive array of scholars, Bulle and Di Iorio have provided all researchers and scholars in this area now and for the foreseeable future with a much needed resource, one destined to provide an authoritative voice for all those concerned with these critical debates.”
Paul A. Roth, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
“This is a tremendous survey, both wide-ranging and original, a veritable mother lode of useful analyses, from some of the leading figures in the field. The editors are to be congratulated”.
Barry Smith, The State University of New York at Buffalo,USA
"This is a truly heroic accomplishment. The two volumes provide a unique treasure of multifarious perspectives and insights into key issues in the ontology, epistemology and methodology of social sciences. This giant collection will be immensely useful for students and researchers alike.”
Uskali Mäki, University of Helsinki, Finland
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