Boudon : uno storicista inconsapevole?

This work constitutes a critical analysis of Boudon 's The Place of Disorder. Specifically, some critical issues in terms of internal coherence are highlighted. The author claims the right for sociology to develop not laws but general statements and rejects the idea that sociology and history are destined to overlap. The solution is the use of formal theories accompanied by contingent empirical elements. Among these is the case, that is, the encounter of two causal chains of events. Consequently, it represents an expost observation, and therefore its use in theory appears controversial, to the extent that it may seem that Boudon risks falling into the "trap of historicism" that he himself would like to avoid. [Publisher's Text].