Description: Through network diagrams and sustained narrative, sociologist Randall Collins traces the development of philosophical thought from ancient Greece to modern Europe. Collins provides a self-reflexive sociological philosophy of intellectual life that opens a new path beyond relativism and realism. Illustrated.
Brief description: Randall Collins is Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Review Quotes: No sociologist who is seriously concerned with understanding intellectual life can afford to ignore it... Randall Collins has rendered a service to sociology second to none.-- "Canadian Journal of Sociology"