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has published on both the history and systematics of theory. He is currently working on a book entitled,A Theory of the Self: The Merger of Pragmatism and Structuralism Polity Press, forthcoming.
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Wiley, N. Social theory: Past and present. Am Soc 21, 286–289 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692429
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