Marxism and Realism A Materialistic Application of Realism in the Social Sciences

Zusatztext 'Sean Craven's book-length treatment of the over-lapping fields of Marxism and critical realism is ... an intervention into a much debated set of questions over which there is little agreement. This! in itself! makes his work an important contribution! to be welcomed and engaged with by non-Marxist critical realists! Marxist critical realists! and non-critical-realist Marxists alike.' - Historical Materialism'This is a bold and ambitious work which engages in detail and at length in a wide variety of issues and literatures.' - Historical Materialism Informationen zum Autor Sean Creaven Klappentext This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences. By constructing historical materialism as realist social theory, it becomes possible to resolve many long standing dilemmas in Marxist discourse, such as voluntarism versus determinism and humanism versus economism. Zusammenfassung This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part I: Critical Realism and Marxism Part II: Organisms, Subjects and Society Part III: Subjects, Actors and Agents Part IV: Structure Power and Conflict Conclusion

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• Authors: Sean Creaven, Sean (University of the West of England Creaven, Creaven Sean
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.03.2007
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780415436762
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43676-2
• Pages: 336
• Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social, Ape, Theory, Politics & government, Behaviour, Relations, Politics and government, Social Structure, Social systems, Sociality, socio-cultural, Realist, Human beings, welfare reform, methodological, Productive forces, interaction order, social action theory, Genus Homo, Emergentist Marxism, Manual Working Class Backgrounds, Involuntary Placement, Base Superstructure Model, Realist Social Theory, Promotive Interest Groups, Socio-cultural Relations, Social Malintegration, Unconscious Sociality, Corporate Agents, Depth Realism, Structural Conditioning, Hominoid Apes, Modern Homo Sapiens, Agential Interests, Vertical Determination, Hunter Gatherer Mode