caa a22 4500 445822422 CHVBK 20180317145248.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11186-011-9156-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11186-011-9156-2 Schneiderhan Erik Department of Sociology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, L5L 1C6, Mississauga, ON, Canada aut Pragmatism and empirical sociology: the case of Jane Addams and Hull-House, 1889-1895 [Elektronische Daten] [Erik Schneiderhan] The theoretical tools bequeathed to us by classical and revival pragmatism offer the potential for informing robust empirical work in sociology. But this potential has yet to be adequately demonstrated. There are a number of strands of pragmatism; this article draws primarily upon Dewey's theory of action to examine Hull-House in its early years. Of particular interest are the practices of Jane Addams and other Hull-House residents. What were they doing to help people and why? An attempt to answer these questions in non-teleological terms forms the empirical basis of the article. This article should provide some support to those historical sociologists who might consider (or already are) taking a pragmatist turn in their work. And, it should strengthen the empirical foundations of pragmatism as an alternative (non-teleological) way to understand social action. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Institutions nationallicence Historical sociology nationallicence Social settlements nationallicence John Dewey nationallicence Charity organization nationallicence Social provision nationallicence Theory and Society Springer Netherlands 40/6(2011-11-01), 589-617 0304-2421 40:6<589 2011 40 11186 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-011-9156-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-011-9156-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Schneiderhan Erik Department of Sociology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, L5L 1C6, Mississauga, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theory and Society Springer Netherlands 40/6(2011-11-01), 589-617 0304-2421 40:6<589 2011 40 11186 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer