Realism, Philosophy and Social Science
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 again
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Realism, Philosophy and Social Science Kathryn Dean Jonathan Joseph John Michael Roberts Colin Wight
© Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts and Colin Wight 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-4673-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52384-9 ISBN 978-0-230-50207-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9780230502079 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
Contents List of Illustrations
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Realism, Marxism and Method Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts and Colin Wight
2 Realism, Science and Emancipation Colin Wight
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3 Method, Marxism and Critical Realism John Michael Roberts
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4 Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation Jonathan Joseph
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5 Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn From Althusser’s Marxism Kathryn Dean
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Conclusion: Debating the Issues Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts and Colin Wight
Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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List of Illustrations Figures 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
Sources of social practices The agent-structure-habitus relationship The social process over time The critical realist stratified conception of reality A Marxist-realist conception of the stratified view of reality The dialectical relationship between the capitalist mode of production and social forms The social mediation of context, mechanism and outcome Suspending a crisis in a social form Suspending a discursive crisis in a social form
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