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Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Biography. 17:386-395
Popular biographies often are based on rumor, gossip, and falsehoods. Publishers pay millions of dollars to their authors. In the absence of any code of ethics for biographers, the lure of wealth and fame is apt to attract increasing numbers of write
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis, Bernard N. Meltzer
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Psychology. 126:333-342
Emergence, the occurrence of novel, unpredictable human behavior, is an inherent aspect of human experience on both the individual and collective levels. In this article, we considered the ubiquitous nature emergent events, indicated some of the ways
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Biography. 15:390-399
Although aleatory or chance aspects are being recognized as increasingly important throughout the arts and sciences, they seem absent from critical or theoretical biography. Awareness of the possibility of chance factors would sensitize biographers t
Autor:
Bernard N. Meltzer, Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Sociological Theory. 13:203
Y a-t-il une difference pratique et theorique entre dire qu'un acte est indetermine et affirmer qu'il est determine de facon si complexe qu'aucune prediction n'est possible ? Il doit etre possible de developper une perspective probabiliste des actes
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis, Bernard N. Meltzer
Publikováno v:
Sociological Theory. 12:45
Under the sway of the postulate of determinism, sociologists (with some exceptions) have given little direct attention to sheerly fortuitous events. Such events are analytically distinguishable from those which are considered the results of chance on
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Biography. 12:17-28
The article offers an alternative perspective to the traditional focus on great men in history and biography. Looking at the lives of great little persons can lead us to more comprehensive truths and to richer understanding of the human condition.
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Social Problems. 22:1-15
Recognition of anomalies in “normal science” results in the collapse of accepted paradigms. Anomalies are apparent in prevailing definitions of social problems. To many sociologists, social problems are conditions considered undesirable by signif
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Social Problems. 21:305-315
To many sociologists, social problems are conditions considered to be undesirable by many people. While the concept relies upon public judgments, exponents of the definition claim to be value-free. This questionable position is maintained in Merton's
Autor:
Chester L. Hunt, Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 18:212-216
Autor:
Jerome G. Manis
Publikováno v:
Social Forces. 29:267-272