Reclaiming Reality: A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy: A Critical Approach to Contemporary Philosophy - Brossura

Bhaskar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 086091951X ISBN 13: 9780860919513

Casa editrice: Verso, 1989

Riassunto

Originally published in 1989, Reclaiming Reality still provides the most accessible introduction to the increasingly influential multi-disciplinary and international body of thought, known as critical realism. It is designed to “underlabour” both for the sciences, especially the human sciences, and for the projects of human emancipation which such sciences may come to inform; and provides an enlightening intervention in current debates about realism and relativism, positivism and poststucturalism, modernism and postmodernism, etc. Elaborating his critical realist perspective on society, nature, science and philosophy itself, Roy Bhaskar shows how this perspective can be used to undermine currently fashionable ideologies of the Right, and at the same time, to clear the ground for a reinvigorated Left. Reclaiming Reality contains powerful critiques of some of the most important schools of thought and thinkers of recent years—from Bachelard and Feyerabend to Rorty and Habermas; and it advances novel and convincing resolutions of many traditional philosophical problems. Now with a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwig, this book continues to provide a straightforward and stimulating introduction to current debates in philosophy and social theory for the interested lay reader and student alike. Reclaiming Reality will be of particular value not only for critical realists but for all those concerned with the revitalization of the socialist emancipatory project and the renaissance of the Marxist theoretical tradition.

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218p black paperback, only light wear to edges, binding firm, pages clean

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Verso
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 086091951X
• ISBN 13: 9780860919513
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile