Paul Hirst
Biographic Data
| ID | 158393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Hirst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirst |
| SIGNATURE | HIRST P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 102 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 642 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 102 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology
This title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard’s theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim’s attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in The Rules of Sociological Method. The author’s primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim’s theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable? …
Globalization in Question
"'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as …
Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals)
Philosophy And Education-A Symposium
Journal Article Philosophy And Education—A Symposium Get access Paul Hirst, Paul Hirst Correspondence: Paul Hirst, Flat 3, 6 Royal Crescent, Brighton BN2 1AL, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wilfred Carr Wilfred Carr Wilfred Carr, School of Education, University of Sheffield, 388 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JA, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other work…
War in the twenty‐first century
The Future of Political Studies
I have taught and researched about politics for what I now realise is a long time. I have never felt as strongly as I do now that our discipline needs a period of intellectual stocktaking and reflection on the problems and issues it should study. This does not mean ‘political studies’ is in crisis; quite the contrary. The discipline remains more relevant than ever, and, because this is so, we need to redirect ourselves so that we can cope with th…
Endnu et konfliktens århundrede?—krig og det internationale system i det 21. århundrede
Artiklen undersøger de væsentligste faktorer, som synes at forandre kilderne til og metoder i væbnede konflikter i det kommende århundrede. Først undersøges indflydelsen fra forandringerne i den militære teknologi, med særligt henblik på RMA (The Revolution in Military Affairs) eller den militære revolution. Dernæst orienterer artiklen sig mod balancen mellem økonomisk konflikt og økonomisk samarbejde og dennes indflydelse på krig og konflikt. He…
Renewing Democracy through Associations
The Future of Globalization
This article considers the future of `globalization', conceived here as processes promoting international interconnectedness. Three questions are examined. First, is contemporary globalization unusual compared to past episodes such as 1850-1914? Then there was rapid growth in trade, capital flows and migration comparable to or greater than today. There was also a policy backlash and the widespread adoption of protectionist policies. Second, are c…
Another Century of Conflict? War and the International System in the 21st Century
This article examines the major factors likely to affect sources and methods of armed conflict in the coming century. First, it considers the role of changing military technology, concentrating on the Revolution in Military Affairs. Second, it then turns to the issue of possible balances between economic conflict and cooperation and their effects on war, including whether the current extreme economic inequality within and between nations will be …
Can associationalism come back
J. N. Figgis, Churches and the State
Statism, Pluralism and Social Control
Journal Article Statism, Pluralism and Social Control Get access Paul Hirst Paul Hirst Professor of Social Theory, Birkbeck College, University of London. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 40, Issue 2, March 2000, Pages 279–295, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.2.279 Published: 01 March 2000
Globalization in one country? The peculiarities of the British
What is the position of the UK economy in the international system? In this article we draw attention to the peculiarities of the UK case as compared to the other G7 economies. We argue that the UK represents an 'over-internationalized economy in an under-globalized world'. Far from the UK lagging behind a rapidly integrating world economy, it is way ahead of the game. The historical nature of the UK's heavy engagement with the international syst…
Associationalist welfare: A reply to Marc Stears
(1999). Associationalist welfare: a reply to Marc Stears. Economy and Society: Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 590-597
Has Globalisation Killed Social Democracy
Debate: Globalization
The eighty years' crisis, 1919-1999 — power
Power is one of the most commonly used concepts in the social sciences and in ordinary political discourse. It would seem to be central to the study of international relations. Before we consider the role of power in international relations in the short twentieth century, it is necessary to clear up some preliminaries about the concept in general. This is because power is a frustrating concept; its use seldom lives up to our expectations. To begi…
Ownership and Democracy
From Statism to Pluralism
From Statism To Pluralism: Democracy, Civil Society And Global Politics
Part 1 Democracy and associative governance: associative democracy associational democracy from statism to pluralism democracy, socialism's best reply to the right. Part 2 Democracy and civil society: quangos and democracy democracy and civil society revision of David G. Green Reinventing Civil Society sidestepping the state. Part 3 Global pressures and democratic governance the state, civil society and the collapse of Soviet communism security c…
The global economy-myths and realities
Journal Article The global economy—myths and realities Get access Paul Hirst Paul Hirst Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 1997, Pages 409–425, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624265 Published: 01 July 1997
Globalization and Its Discontents
Quangos and Democratic Government
Journal Article Quangos and Democratic Government Get access PAUL HIRST PAUL HIRST Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 48, Issue 2, April 1995, Pages 341–359, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052536 Published: 01 April 1995
The Embedded Firm - On the Socio-Economics of Industrial Networks
1. Introduction: Towards a Socio-Economics of Industrial Networks Gernot Grabher , Social Science Centre, Berlin Part I: Blurring Boundaries: Explaining Inter-Firm Co-operation in Networks 2. The Network as a Governance Structure Hakan Hakansson and Jan Johanson , both of University of Uppsala, Sweden 3. Explaining Inter-Firm Co-operation and Innovation: The Limits of the Transaction Cost Approach Bengt-Ake Lundvall , Aalborg University, Denmark …
Peasantry' as an economic category
This paper is concerned to challenge the category 'peasantry' as defining a distinct and general type of economy. It is divided into three sections: i. an examination of the work of Lenin and Kautsky on capitalism in agriculture which shows that they investigated economies in which peasant production was important without using such a concept; ii. it is argued that no rigorous concept of a 'peasant' mode or 'peasant' relations of production can b…
Globalization and the future of the nation state
The problem of 'globalization: International Economic Relations,national Ecnomic Management and the Formation of Trading Blocs
How can we characterize the present state of the world economy? These are the questions considered in this paper. The paper attempts to define exactly what the term 'globalization of economic relations'means and then examines how far the present tendencies in the international economy meet this definition. The conclution is thatsuch a globalized economy does not yet exist. Incontrast we highlight the formation of trading blocs,and the coninued sa…
Globalization in Question
"'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as …
The philosophy of education society of Great Britain
Morphology and pathology: Biological analogies and metaphors in Durkheim's The Rules of Sociological Method
This article is an attempt to analyse certain biological analogies and metaphors in Durkheim's The Rules of Sociological Method, and secondarily The Division of Labour in Society. The source of these borrowings in the biological sciences and the function of, and necessity of, these borrowings in the theoretical structure of the discourse are considered. The biological metaphors and analogies in question are: the concept of species, the morphologi…
From Statism to Pluralism
Flexible Specialisation and the Competitive Failure of Uk Manufacturing
Law, Socialism and Democracy
1. Introduction 2. Law, Socialism and Rights 3. Socialist Legality 4. Socialism, Pluralism and Law 5. Extending Democracy 6. Does Industrial Democracy Have a Future? 7. The Concept of Punishment
Althusser and the theory of ideology
This paper is a critical discussion of Louis Althusser's text 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses'. It questions the pertinence of the problem of the reproduction of the relations of production. It challenges both parts of Althusser's answer to this problem. The first being the theory of ideological state apparatuses and the second the theory of the formation of individual subjects through the imaginary. The concept of representation is s…
The Future of Globalization
This article considers the future of `globalization', conceived here as processes promoting international interconnectedness. Three questions are examined. First, is contemporary globalization unusual compared to past episodes such as 1850-1914? Then there was rapid growth in trade, capital flows and migration comparable to or greater than today. There was also a policy backlash and the widespread adoption of protectionist policies. Second, are c…
Globalization in one country? The peculiarities of the British
What is the position of the UK economy in the international system? In this article we draw attention to the peculiarities of the UK case as compared to the other G7 economies. We argue that the UK represents an 'over-internationalized economy in an under-globalized world'. Far from the UK lagging behind a rapidly integrating world economy, it is way ahead of the game. The historical nature of the UK's heavy engagement with the international syst…
Marx and Engels on law, crime and morality
The paper starts from a critique of the adoption of ‘Marxism’ by radical deviancy theorists. Its object is to demonstrate that there is not, and cannot be, a ‘Marxist’ theory of deviance. Marx's position on crime and the law is examined in relation to three distinct periods of his work—the Kantian, Feuerbachian and Historical Materialist periods. It is demonstrated that the three periods entail very different epistemological positions and that th…
Renewing Democracy through Associations
Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology
This title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard’s theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim’s attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in The Rules of Sociological Method. The author’s primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim’s theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable? …
Marxism and Historical Writing
The global economy-myths and realities
Journal Article The global economy—myths and realities Get access Paul Hirst Paul Hirst Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 1997, Pages 409–425, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624265 Published: 01 July 1997
Representative Democracy and Its Limits
The Political QuarterlyVolume 80, Issue s1 p. S199-S213 Representative Democracy and Its Limits PAUL HIRST, PAUL HIRST (1947–2003) was Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck College, who made important contributions to pluralist political theory and to the analysis of globalisation. Paul Hirst is Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck College, University of London. His most recent book is Law, Socialism and Democracy, London, Allen and Unwin, 198…
The necessity of theory
Quangos and Democratic Government
Journal Article Quangos and Democratic Government Get access PAUL HIRST PAUL HIRST Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 48, Issue 2, April 1995, Pages 341–359, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052536 Published: 01 April 1995
The Social Theory of Anthony Giddens: A New Syncretism
Philosophy And Education-A Symposium
Journal Article Philosophy And Education—A Symposium Get access Paul Hirst, Paul Hirst Correspondence: Paul Hirst, Flat 3, 6 Royal Crescent, Brighton BN2 1AL, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wilfred Carr Wilfred Carr Wilfred Carr, School of Education, University of Sheffield, 388 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JA, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other work…
The Uniqueness of the West
The State, civil society and the collapse of Soviet communism
The dissolution of Soviet power in Eastern Europe and the demolition of the Communist Party's monopoly of power in the Soveit Union have created an unprecedented political situation. Conventional political theory East and West offers no guide to this situtaion, nor does the thinking of the East European opposition movements prior to 1989. In Particular the thesis that 'civil society' offers the basis for a new democratic politics is challenged; h…
Associationalist welfare: A reply to Marc Stears
(1999). Associationalist welfare: a reply to Marc Stears. Economy and Society: Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 590-597
Modern Philosophies of Education
Philosophy and Educational Theory
Philosophy and educational theory
Culture and General Education
Morals, Religion and the Maintained School
Morals, religion and the maintained school
(1965). Morals, religion and the maintained school. British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 5-18
The philosophy of education society of Great Britain
Language and Thought
Literature, Criticism and the Forms of Knowledge
(1971). Literature, Criticism and the Forms of Knowledge. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 11-18
The Nature of Educational Theory: Reply to D. J. O'Connor
Radical deviancy theory and marxism
Marx and Engels on law, crime and morality
The paper starts from a critique of the adoption of ‘Marxism’ by radical deviancy theorists. Its object is to demonstrate that there is not, and cannot be, a ‘Marxist’ theory of deviance. Marx's position on crime and the law is examined in relation to three distinct periods of his work—the Kantian, Feuerbachian and Historical Materialist periods. It is demonstrated that the three periods entail very different epistemological positions and that th…
Forms of Knowledge-A reply to Elizabeth Hindess
Journal Article Forms of Knowledge—A reply to Elizabeth Hindess Get access Paul H Hirst Paul H Hirst University of Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 1973, Pages 260–271, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1973.tb00486.x Published: 30 May 2006
Claude Bernard's epistemology
The object of this article is to outline the epistemology of Bernard, a leading nineteenth century physiologist, to show that his epistemological positions have been misconceived by previous interpreters and to argue the importance of his philosophical work, which has been underestimated. Bernard, it is argued, is significant because he was one of the first philosophers to break with classical philosophical theories of knowledge and to represent …
Morphology and pathology: Biological analogies and metaphors in Durkheim's The Rules of Sociological Method
This article is an attempt to analyse certain biological analogies and metaphors in Durkheim's The Rules of Sociological Method, and secondarily The Division of Labour in Society. The source of these borrowings in the biological sciences and the function of, and necessity of, these borrowings in the theoretical structure of the discourse are considered. The biological metaphors and analogies in question are: the concept of species, the morphologi…
Ideology and Social Knowledge
Bernard's physiology: A reply to Ted Benton
My critic is too modest in claiming that he is expressing ‘some small qualifications’ these ‘qualifications’ are not so small, they raise epistemological questions of some importance. Although Benton appears contented with my piece at the epistemological level he should not be, for his reply reveals how much he disagrees with the general epistemological position underlying the article. I will discuss these ‘qualifications’ in the order in which t…
Moral Education in a Secular Society
The Uniqueness of the West
Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology
Roscher and Knies: The Logical Problems of Historical Economics
Althusser and the theory of ideology
This paper is a critical discussion of Louis Althusser's text 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses'. It questions the pertinence of the problem of the reproduction of the relations of production. It challenges both parts of Althusser's answer to this problem. The first being the theory of ideological state apparatuses and the second the theory of the formation of individual subjects through the imaginary. The concept of representation is s…
Mode of Production and Social Formation: An Auto-Critique of Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production
Mode of production and social formation : an auto-critique of Pre-Capitalist modes of production , Mode of production and social formation : an auto-critique of Pre-Capitalist modes of production , کتابخانه دیجیتال و فن آوری اطلاعات دانشگاه امام صادق(ع)
Mode of Production and Social Formation in PCMP: A reply to John Taylor
Social Evolution and Sociological Categories
1. Introduction 2. The Three Forms of Evolutionary Theory 3. Weber's Sociological Categories 4. The Theory of Social Action 5. The Three Types of Legitimate Domination 6. The Sociological Categories of Economic Action 7. The Critique of Popular Democracy 8. Conclusion
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