After Postmodernism: An Introduction to Critical RealismJose Lopez, Garry Potter A&C Black, 1 mars 2005 - 352 sidor What comes after 'postmodernism'? A buzzword which began as an energising, radical critique became, by the 20th Century's end, a byword for fracture, eclecticism, political apathy and intellectual exhaustion. The last few years have seen a growing interest in critical realism as a possible, alternative way of moving forward. The virtues of critical realism lie in its successful provision of a philosophical grounding for the social sciences and humanities and of a methodology applicable to many different fields of analysis. After Postmodernism brings together some of the best-known names in the field to present the first truly interdisciplinary introduction to critical realism. The book presents the reader with a compendium of accessible essays illustrating the connection between meta-theory, theory and substantive research across Sociology, Philosophy, Literary Studies, Politics, Media Studies, Psychology and Science Studies. The flexibility of critical realism is illustrated in the range of topics discussed - ranging from quantum mechanics to cyberspace, to literary theory, nature, smoking, the future fo Marx, the unconscious and, of course, postmodernsim and the future of theory itself. Contributors: Allison Assiter, Ted Benton, Francis Barker, Roy Bhaskar, Jean Bricmont, Sue Clegg, Andrew Collier, Justin Cruickshank, Robert Fine, David Ford, Tim Forsyth, Rom Harre, Pam Higham, Philip Hodgkiss, Jose Lopez, Christopher Norris, Bertell Ollman, Jenneth Parker, Frank Pearce, Douglas V. Porpora, Garry Potter, John Scott, Philip Tew, Charles R Varela, Anthony Woodiwiss |
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... relativism is celebrated by the worst sort of postmodernism and strongly flirted with by the best. It is wholeheartedly rejected by realism. There is a relativism and social constructionist aspect to critical realism as well, and we ...
... relativism is celebrated by the worst sort of postmodernism and strongly flirted with by the best. It is wholeheartedly rejected by realism. There is a relativism and social constructionist aspect to critical realism as well, and we ...
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... relativist scepticism. Human beings produce knowledge and human beings can be mistaken. Science is not pure and can contain an ideologically distorted element in both explanations and the methods used to arrive at them. There are ...
... relativist scepticism. Human beings produce knowledge and human beings can be mistaken. Science is not pure and can contain an ideologically distorted element in both explanations and the methods used to arrive at them. There are ...
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... relativism. We utilise empirical observation and human causal power in the process of experiment. But explanation does not directly follow from this. Rather inferential processes must be used to attempt to discern the underlying ...
... relativism. We utilise empirical observation and human causal power in the process of experiment. But explanation does not directly follow from this. Rather inferential processes must be used to attempt to discern the underlying ...
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... relativism. For example both Richard Rorty and Kenneth Gergen have gone this way. This has been one reason for introducing the label 'discursive psychology' for the practice of close studies of the symbolic construction of social ...
... relativism. For example both Richard Rorty and Kenneth Gergen have gone this way. This has been one reason for introducing the label 'discursive psychology' for the practice of close studies of the symbolic construction of social ...
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... relativism, i.e. uniqueness and choice then become the only vectors of difference. Secondly, a position is considered which sees society as singular and overarching, capable of determining the ultimate range of reality, with agency ...
... relativism, i.e. uniqueness and choice then become the only vectors of difference. Secondly, a position is considered which sees society as singular and overarching, capable of determining the ultimate range of reality, with agency ...
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LOOKING FOR AND LOOKING AT SOCIAL STRUCTURE | 73 |
PHYSICISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS | 95 |
THEORY NATURE AND SOCIETY | 129 |
COMPUTING POWER DEGENDERED BODIES AND GENDERED MINDS? | 155 |
CULTURE AND CRITICISM | 179 |
PRAGMATICISM AND POLITICS PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC POLICY | 213 |
WAYS OF KNOWING | 235 |
DIALECTICS | 267 |
Guide to Further Readings | 311 |
Bibliography | 314 |
Contributors | 325 |
Index | 329 |
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After Postmodernism: An Introduction to Critical Realism Jose Lopez,Garry Potter Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 2001 |
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Society and Its Metaphors: Language, Social Theory and Social Structure Jose Lopez Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2003 |