Terry Leahy

Humanist Realism for Sociologists

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A must-have tool for understanding how value perspectives cannot be eliminated from the social sciences, this book is essential for undergraduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers interested in the fields of sociology, anthropology, women's studies, social work, human geography, political philosophy and ecology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780367876982
• ISBN-10: 0367876981
• Artikelnr.: 58440694

Autorenporträt

Dr Terry Leahy is a sociologist from the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Meta-Theory for the Social Sciences Chapter One: Humanism and its
Critics Chapter Two: Knowledge in the Social Sciences Chapter Three:
Debates about Epistemology in Recent Social Science Chapter Four:
Explanation in the Social Sciences Chapter Five: What Do Social Scientist
Do in Their Accounts? Chapter Six: Values, Ethics and the Social Sciences
Chapter Seven: Two Examples of Humanist Ethics Chapter Eight: Ethics for
Social Scientists Today Chapter Nine: Inequality, Exploitation and Gender
Chapter Ten: Social Class Chapter Eleven: Bourdieu and Humanist Realism