On the supposed societies of chemicals, atoms and stars in Gabriel Tarde
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Department
Philosophy Department
Abstract
It is commonly believed that the French sociologist Gabriel Tarde allows even for inanimate objects such as chemicals, atoms, and stars to be topics of sociology. This article claims otherwise. Tarde is an arch-reductionist for whom nothing exists below the tiniest micro-level of the cosmos. His theory of monads is by no means an adequate sociology of medium- or large-sized things.
Publication Date
2012
Document Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
Savage Objects
Editors
Godofredo Pereira
ISBN
9789722720717
Publisher
Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda
City
Lisbon
First Page
33
Last Page
43
Keywords
Tarde, Gabriel de, 1843-1904, Monadology, Reductionism
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Harman, G.
(2012).On the supposed societies of chemicals, atoms and stars in Gabriel Tarde. Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. , 33-43
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/769
MLA Citation
Harman, Graham
On the supposed societies of chemicals, atoms and stars in Gabriel Tarde. Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2012.pp. 33-43
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/769