Timothy Rutzou, George Steinmetz

Gebundenes Buch

Critical Realism, History, and Philosophy in the Social Sciences

Beschreibung

This volume examines the relationship between history, philosophy, and social science, and contributors explore questions concerning realism, ontology, causation, explanation, and values in order to address the question "what does a post-positivist social science look like?"

Autor

Timothy Rutzou is Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Yale University, USA with a PhD in philosophy from University College London, UK. His work focuses on science and technology, the sociology of knowledge, continental philosophy, and the philosophy of science and social science. George Steinmetz is the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, USA. He is a social theorist and a historical sociologist of states, empires, and social science and the author of The Devil's Handwriting and Regulating the Social.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781787566040
• ISBN-10: 1787566048
• Artikelnr.: 51304302