Dr. TAKADA's Contribution to Japanese Sociology
1972 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 2-12,112
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1972 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 2-12,112
The purpose of this article is to investigate an epoch-making contribution of Dr. Takada's sociology to the Japan Sociological Society and to clarify some unique points of his extraordinary works.
1. He proposed that sociology be established as a separate discipline among various other disciplines in social sciences for the first time in Japan and developed fruitful conceptualizations of his system of sociology.
2. He presented a number of unique hypotheses (principles) in developing his system. Here some of those hypotheses will be examined.
1) the hypothesis of the theory of the superiority of associations
2) the law of constant quantity of associations
3) the development of the theory of society in its totality (the theory of pluralistic states)
4) the will of power (the theory of social forces-as a bridge between Takada's sociology and economics)
