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The authors examine the nature of the relationship between social science and philosophy and address the sort of work social science should do, and the role and sorts of claims that an accompanying philosophy should engage in. In particular, the authors reintroduce the question of ontology, an area long overlooked by philosophers of social science, and present a cricital engagement with the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against the excesses of philosophising and commits itself to a philosophical approach more deeply grounded in the social sciences.
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 7
1 Realism, Marxism and Method......Page 8
2 Realism, Science and Emancipation......Page 39
3 Method, Marxism and Critical Realism......Page 72
4 Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation......Page 106
5 Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn From Althusserβs Marxism......Page 130
6 Conclusion: Debating the Issues......Page 155
Notes......Page 184
Bibliography......Page 191
D......Page 203
J......Page 204
R......Page 205
W......Page 206
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