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Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains ‘ethnocentric’. It was in order to avoid such ethnocentricity that Fernand Braudel called for more unity among the social sciences in 1958: «I wish the social sciences...would stop discussing their respective differences so much...and instead look for common ground...on which to reach their first agreement. Personally I would call these ways : quantification, spatial awareness and ‘longue duree».
«Societies are much messier than our theories of them»
Michael Mann
The Sources of Social Power
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Benko, G. (1995). Geography, history and social sciences : An introduction. In: Benko, G.B., Strohmayer, U. (eds) Geography, History and Social Sciences. The GeoJournal Library, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1681-9_1
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