Marc Bloch, sociology and geography : encountering changing disciplines

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Marc Bloch, sociology and geography : encountering changing disciplines

Susan W. Friedman

(Cambridge studies in historical geography, 24)

Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Bibliographical notes: p. 184-243

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Marc Bloch has been very influential in the development of both history and social science. Comparative historians, historical geographers, and historical sociologists have all pointed to his work as a model. This book is the first detailed examination of the relationship of his work to both Durkheimian sociology and Vidalian geography. Through a careful examination of the debates in which he was involved and the institutional circumstances in which he worked, it places Bloch's work within its intellectual context, and assesses the nature of his contribution. Professor Friedman argues that, despite the frequent claims of scholars in history, sociology and geography, Bloch did not adopt either the Durkheimian or Vidalian approach. Both disciplines were central to his intellectual development, but Bloch's relationships to the two disciplines were interdependent, and the result was his own highly acclaimed and unique approach.

Table of Contents

  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on translation
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Marc Bloch and the 'Universite'
  • Part I. Sociology, Geography and History during Marc Bloch's Years of Apprenticeship: 2. Marc Bloch's training as a normalien
  • 3. History under attack
  • 4. The quest for identity in Vidalian geography
  • 5. From the Fondation Thiers to the doctorate: Marc Bloch's emerging perspective
  • Part II. Marc Bloch as a Critic and Practitioner of Sociology and Geography: 6. The University of Strasbourg as a center of disciplinary change
  • 7. Kings, serfs and the sociological method
  • 8. Reflections on the geographical approach and on the agrarian regime
  • 9. An expanding view: Marc Bloch's later projects
  • 10. Towards a reworking of the historiography of Marc Bloch
  • Notes
  • Index of names
  • Subject index.

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