What's critical about critical realism?
Subtitle: essays in reconstructive social theory
By: Frederic Vandenberghe
Series: Ontological explorations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780415696012; 9780203798508
Subjects: Critical realism; Sociology; Philosophy
Description: What's Critical About Critical Realism?: Essays in Reconstructive Social Theory draws together 4 major articles that are situated at the intersection of philosophy and sociology. Preceded by a general presentation of Bhaskar's work, critical realism is used to reconstruct the generative structuralism of Pierre Bourdieu, warn about the dangers of biocapitalism, theorize about social movements and explore the hermeneutics of internal conversations. Together, the essays form a logical sequence that starts with a search for a solid conception of social structure through a realist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.