Theory, History, and Methodological Positivism in the Anderson-Thompson Debate

Authors

Abraham Jacob Walker, CUNY Graduate Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

This article repositions the famous debate between Edward Thompson and Perry Anderson in relation to major figures of comparative-historical sociology. The author shows that the debate was — in the last instance — an argument about methodology.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Formations: The Graduate Center Journal of Social Research, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2010). Formations was published by the Sociology Students Association of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.