Social theory and political practice (Controversies in sociology ; 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Fay, Brian

Social Sciences

Allen& Unwin

This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.

Social Theory and Political Practice

Routledge

Historical Understanding

Vann, Richard T.

Mink, Louis O.

Golob, Eugene Owen

Philosophy

NCROL

Critical Social Science: Liberation and Its Limits

Cornell Univ Pr

There are writing marks (mostly pencil markings) in the book. Binding is tight.

Cornell University Press

This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.

Holmes & Meier

Social Theory and Political Practice (RLE Social Theory) (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory)

Anthropology

This volume provides a lucid and distinct introduction to multiculturalism and the philosophy of social science.

Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science

Wiley/Blackwell

This volume provides a lucid and distinct introduction to multiculturalism and the philosophy of social science. 
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<li>Distinct, engaging and timely 'multicultural' approach</li> <li>Clear, non-technical overview of the nature of social inquiry</li> <li>First volume of outstanding new "Contemporary Philosophy" series</li> </ul>

Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science: A Multicultural Approach

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