Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

Informationen zum Autor Author Colin Wight: Colin Wight is Professor and Chair of Government and International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences, at the University of Sydney, Australia. Klappentext The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology, through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences. Zusammenfassung The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology! through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Realism, Marxism and Method; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Realism, Science and Emancipation; C.Wight Method, Marxism and Critical Realism; J.Roberts Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation; J.Joseph Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn from Althusser's Marxism; K.Dean Conclusion: Debating the Issues; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements Realism, Marxism and Method; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Realism, Science and Emancipation; C.Wight Method, Marxism and Critical Realism; J.Roberts Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation; J.Joseph Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn from Althusser's Marxism; K.Dean Conclusion: Debating the Issues; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Dean, K Dean, K. Dean, Kathryn Dean, Kathryn Joseph Dean, Joseph, J Joseph, J. Joseph, Jonathan Joseph, J et al Roberts, J. Roberts, John Roberts, John Michael Roberts, C. Wight, Colin Wight
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2006
• EAN: 9781403946737
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4673-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Social Theory, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Sociology, general, Social Philosophy, Political science and theory, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, liberty;Marxism;philosophy;realism