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Social Philosophy

Social philosophy is the branch of philosophy that critically examines the nature, structure, and justification of social institutions and collective human practices.

7.4K

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1.8K

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7.4K

Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital

James S. Coleman · American Journal of Sociology · 1988 · 25.4K citations

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Foundations of social theory

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 16.9K citations

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Exchange and Power in Social Life.

Robert Bierstedt, Peter M. Blau · American Sociological Review · 1965 · 13.8K citations

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The structural transformation of the public sphere: an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 12.8K citations

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The Theory of Social and Economic Organization.

Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber, A. M. Henderson et al. · American Sociological Review · 1948 · 11.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. TP
    Talcott Parsons

    Harvard University Press, United States

    20 publications · 14.8K citations

    18

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  2. JC
    Jeffrey C. Alexander

    Yale University, United States

    13 publications · 751 citations

    12

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  3. JS
    James S. Coleman

    Desert Research Institute, United States

    12 publications · 29K citations

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  4. AG
    Anthony Giddens

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 8.9K citations

    12

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  5. DE
    Dave Elder‐Vass

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 606 citations

    11

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    51 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    45 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    40 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    40 publications

    8.6K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    22 h-index

    35 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    21 h-index

    36 publications

    5K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    21 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 308 publications · 84.4K citations

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  2. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    188 publications · 41.2K citations

    79

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  3. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 104 publications · 68.5K citations

    55

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  4. The Philosophical Quarterly

    104 publications · 11.1K citations

    49

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  5. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 106 publications · 7.8K citations

    43

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See also

Social Philosophy

Core Questions

Normative Principles

Key Theories

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