Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Brief History of Evolutionary Analysis in Sociology -- Part I: The Continuing Sociological Tradition -- 2 Can Functionalism Be Saved? Toward a More Viable Form of Evolutionary…
"For decades, evolutionary analysis was overlooked or altogether ignored by sociologists. Fears and biases persisted nearly a century after Comte Auguste gave the discipline its name, as did concerns that its effect would only reduce sociology to another discipline - whether bio…
