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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.
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.
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
Show moreThe 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.
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.
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
Show moreAcknowledgements 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
KATHRYN DEAN is a Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, where she has taught social and political theory for several years. She is author of Capitalism and Citizenship: The Impossible Partnership (2003). JONATHAN JOSEPH is a Lecturer in Internal Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. His publications include Hegemony: A Realist Analysis (2002), Social Theory: Conflict, Cohesion and Consent (2003), Realism, Discourse and Deconstruction (with John Roberts, 2004) and Marxism and Social Theory (forthc
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