Social Imaginary and the Metaphysical Discourse - On the Fundamental Predicament of Contemporary Philosophy and Social Sciences

Developing the notion of the 'social imaginary' in order to move away from relativistic and 'objectivist' notions of truth, this book points to an extra-linguistic level in our cognition, thus exploring the interrelations that exist between the imagineries by which we organise our experience and scientific understanding of the world.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the predicament


2. Language and metaphysics: outline of a radical critique


3. Realism, anti-realism and the enigmatic status of meta-ontology


4. De-naturalizing the ontological discourse


5. Socialising metaphysics


6. Tracing and reappraising the imaginary


7. The ontogenetic model of the constitution of social forms


8. Sociologising metaphysics


9. Conclusion

References

About the author

Christoforos Bouzanis is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His main research interest lies in the interrelations between philosophy and the social sciences. He has published in journals of social science such as Sociological Theory, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, History of the Human Sciences and Human Studies.

Summary

Developing the notion of the ‘social imaginary’ in order to move away from relativistic and ‘objectivist’ notions of truth, this book points to an extra-linguistic level in our cognition, thus exploring the interrelations that exist between the imagineries by which we organise our experience and scientific understanding of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Christoforos Bouzanis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032467948
• ISBN: 978-1-032-46794-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 320 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Society and culture: general, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge