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Fararo, Thomas John was born on February 11, 1933 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Anna (Marcello) Fararo.
(Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive rese...)
Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive research tradition, this book analyzes the field's various sub-traditions, and demonstrates that many of these traditions not only intersect, but share conceptual components. In close analyses of its central theoretical elements, the author develops an integrative philosophy of the field. Classical traditions in sociological thought are honored and utilized while newer methodologies, such as process studies, ethnomethodology, and network analysis, are incorporated. The emphasis of the book is on the formalization and unification of processes in order to advance the state of theory today. Along the way, numerous conceptual issues and methodological problems of interest in contemporary sociological theory are discussed.
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( Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-...)
Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-extended tradition with three phases: classical, postclassical, and recent. Employing a process philosophical approach, the author seeks to examine these three phases in an effort to provide a synthesis of the theories that seek to lay the foundations of theoretical sociology. The author especially focuses on the work of Talcott Parsons and George Homans, two contemporary theorists whose common aspiration was to forge a theoretical foundation for sociology that would serve to unify and integrate all theories growing out of sociological research in much the same way that the theory of evolution guides and integrates all other biological theories. To begin, the author provides a history and overview of the key classical theoretical frameworks from the perspective of process philosophy, which he applies to all three phases of the study. Fararo then carefully analyzes two major postclassical bodies of general theory, namely the evolving and intertwined frameworks of Parsons and Homans from their early theories of social systems to their later divergent perspectives on foundation and synthesis in sociological theory. Finally, the discussion turns to the recent phase of general theoretical sociology, where more recent foundation strategies -- rational choice theory and generative structuralism -- are analyzed in relation to the postclassical phase of the tradition. This important and sophisticated new work is essential for all those interested in sociological theory in particular and sociology in general.
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( Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained...)
Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical models in doing so. In more detail: -Self-contained presentation - In respect to the background sociological facts and theoretical ideas and also the formal methods the book provides clear and simple accounts accompanied by examples. - A theoretical research program - The emphasis is on theory development, involving a series of theoretical models constructed within a core framework of principles and methods. - Deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality - We know from research that how people perceive the stratification system of a society depends upon their position in that system. So the problem is: What process generates this regularity and thereby explains empirical generalizations about the social structuration of images? - Constructs generative theoretical models - The book is an extended presentation of "generative theory" in sociology, a formal method of producing effective theoretical explanations. Generating Images of Stratification is of interest to mathematical sociologists and formal theorists in sociology; sociologists interested in social stratification; methodologists, both in sociology and in other fields; philosophers of social science; and theoretical scientists and mathematicians who are interested in applying their analytical tools to social science topics.
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(Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cult...)
Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cultural and economic transformation. For sociologists, the challenge is arriving at a sound mapping of this tumultuous world stage. In this book, the contributing authors consider solidarity as a cognitive problem of basic science. They examine how solidarity is produced and reproduced, how it is related to social processes, and how such processes can be formalized and create conditions for productively studying their properties. Mathematical models and representations are presented by the authors as a coherent set of tools for understanding many social phenomena.
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Fararo, Thomas John was born on February 11, 1933 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Anna (Marcello) Fararo.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1963.
Assistant professor sociology Syracuse (New York ) University, 1963-1964. Visiting scholar Stanford (California) University, 1964-1967. Professor University Pittsburgh, 1967-1999, chairman department sociology, 1980-1985, Distinguished Service professor, 1999—2006, Distinguished Service professor emeritus, since 2006.
( Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained...)
(Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive rese...)
( Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-...)
(Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cult...)
With United States Air Force, 1952-1956. Member American Sociological Association (chair mathematics sociological section 1998-1999, Distinguished Career Mathematics Sociology award 2004), Sociological Research Association.
Married Irene Johanna Fannasch, December 30, 1955. Children: Ramona, Raymond.