Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

✍ Scribed by Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts, Colin Wight (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 206
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Realism, Marxism and Method....Pages 1-31
Realism, Science and Emancipation....Pages 32-64
Method, Marxism and Critical Realism....Pages 65-98
Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation....Pages 99-122
Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn From Althusser’s Marxism....Pages 123-147
Conclusion: Debating the Issues....Pages 148-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-199

✦ Subjects

Political Sociology; Social Theory; Social Philosophy; Political Theory; Sociology, general

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