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On the Similarities and Differences of Comparative Methodology in Social Anthropology and Sociology. / Rezaev, A.V.; Tregubova, N.D.
In: СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2024, p. 53-71.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Similarities and Differences of Comparative Methodology in Social Anthropology and Sociology
AU - Rezaev, A.V.
AU - Tregubova, N.D.
N1 - Export Date: 21 October 2024
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The paper examines and debates controversial issues that characterize the logic of comparison in social anthropology and sociology. The first part of the article illustrates the dynamics of comparison in social anthropology from the classics to the present day. The second part of the paper highlights differences and similarities in how sociologists and anthropologists discuss and use comparison in their research. For sociologists, a comparison is primarily a variety of comparative perspectives that characterize a tool for exploring causal relations, from testing explanatory models to grasping the unique history of different societies. The article points out the contradiction between the comparative perspective inherent in social anthropology as a science about the “Other” and the marginal position of comparative research in contemporary anthropological discipline. The proposed resolution to this contradiction is the concept of “comparative social anthropology”, defined by analogy with the concept of “comparative sociology” developed by the authors. In conclusion, the authors present three areas of comparative sociological research that could be helpful to anthropologists: the extended case method, institutional ethnography, and theory-building based on case comparison. © (2024), (National Research University). All rights reserved.
AB - The paper examines and debates controversial issues that characterize the logic of comparison in social anthropology and sociology. The first part of the article illustrates the dynamics of comparison in social anthropology from the classics to the present day. The second part of the paper highlights differences and similarities in how sociologists and anthropologists discuss and use comparison in their research. For sociologists, a comparison is primarily a variety of comparative perspectives that characterize a tool for exploring causal relations, from testing explanatory models to grasping the unique history of different societies. The article points out the contradiction between the comparative perspective inherent in social anthropology as a science about the “Other” and the marginal position of comparative research in contemporary anthropological discipline. The proposed resolution to this contradiction is the concept of “comparative social anthropology”, defined by analogy with the concept of “comparative sociology” developed by the authors. In conclusion, the authors present three areas of comparative sociological research that could be helpful to anthropologists: the extended case method, institutional ethnography, and theory-building based on case comparison. © (2024), (National Research University). All rights reserved.
KW - comparative analysis
KW - comparative anthropology
KW - comparative sociology
KW - cross-cultural research
KW - social science methodology
KW - кросс-культурные исследования
KW - методология социальных наук
KW - сравнительная антропология
KW - сравнительная социология
KW - сравнительный анализ
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/cdbad896-941c-3f49-aa38-2a5368b71a3e/
U2 - 10.17323/1728-192x-2024-3-53-71
DO - 10.17323/1728-192x-2024-3-53-71
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 53
EP - 71
JO - СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ
JF - СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ
SN - 1728-192X
IS - 3
ER -
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