Concept of Social Change (Routledge Revivals)
Anthony Smith''s important work on the concept of social change, first published in 1973, puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternative to the functionalist theory of evolutionary change. He shows that, in attempting to provide a theory of social change, functionalism reveals itself as a species of ''frozen'' evolutionism.
Functionalism, he argues, is unable to cope with the mec...
Anthony Smith''s important work on the concept of social change, first published in 1973, puts forward the paradigm of historical change as an alternative to the functionalist theory of evolutionary change. He shows that, in attempting to provide a theory of social change, functionalism reveals itself as a species of ''frozen'' evolutionism.
Functionalism, he argues, is unable to cope with the mec...
