Michael Thompson's Contribution to Making Social Science More Social and Scientific

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-2004

Abstract

Good social and political theory is parsimonious, cumulative, counter‐intuitive, and relevant to well‐intended efforts to solve gripping social problems. This introduction to the Festschrift shows that in developing ‘rubbish theory’ and ‘cultural theory’ the work of Michael Thompson meets all these criteria. Added is a ‘top 10’ of quotes from Thompson's work, an overview of his academic career, as well as a bibliography.

Discipline

Philosophy | Theory, Knowledge and Science

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volume

17

Issue

4

First Page

271

Last Page

287

ISSN

1351-1610

Identifier

10.1080/1351161042000291941

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/1351161042000291941

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