Realism, Philosophy and Social Science [Hardcover]

The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology, through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences.Acknowledgements Realism, Marxism and Method; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Realism, Science and Emancipation; C.Wight Method, Marxism and Critical Realism; J.Roberts Marxism, the Dialectic of Freedom and Emancipation; J.Joseph Agency and Dialectics: What Critical Realism Can Learn from Althusser's Marxism; K.Dean Conclusion: Debating the Issues; K.Dean, J.Joseph, J.M.Roberts & C.Wight Bibliography IndexAuthor Colin Wight: Colin Wight is Professor and Chair of Government and International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences, at the University of Sydney, Australia.