Wallerstein, Immanuel

The Uncertainties of Knowledge

Introduction: The Uncertainties of Time 1(6) PART I. The Structures of Knowledge For Science, Against Scientism: The Dilemmas of Contemporary Knowledge Production 7(9) Social Sciences in the Twenty-first Century 16(18) The End of Certainties in the Social Sciences 34(25) Braudel and Interscience: A Preacher to Empty Pews? 59(12) Time and Duration: The Unexcluded Middle, or Reflections on Braudel and Prigogine 71(12) The Itinerary of World-Systems Analysis, or How to Resist Becoming a Theory 83(28) PART II. Dilemmas of the Disciplines History in Search of Science 111(15) Writing History 126(16) Global Culture(s): Salvation, Menace, or Myth? 142(9) From Sociology to Historical Social Science: Prospects and Obstacles 151(15) Anthropology, Sociology, and Other Dubious Disciplines 166(25) Acknowledgments 191(2) Notes 193(6) References 199(8) Index 207