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"we cannot abstract ideas from the historical epoch in which they appeared. Ideas are not balloons floating in space: one is marked "freedom" another "heliocentricity" and yet another "liberalism" or "fascism." The ideas must be understood as grounded in the historical epoch in which they first or later appear." Steven Kreis
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To understand the major classic
social theories and thinkers it helps to place theoretical discussions in their geographical and historical
contexts and to construct conceptual frameworks which acknowledge the pressing social and political issues and
the nature of the
cultures/societies which produced these theories and thinkers. One useful
tool for this task is the timeline. Here are several that may help. I suggest
you construct your own. |
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| Western Civilization Timelines | - entries marked with an asterisk in the first column are more relevant to social theory | |
| Timeline in excel format | - not as pretty but more up to date and perhaps more useful | |
| Philosophy Timeline | To help keep the schools straight and see relationships | |
| Other Timelines | ||
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