Critical Realism: Interventions

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1. Contradictions of Archaeological Theory

   Engaging Critical Realism and Archaeological Theory

   By Sandra Wallace

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Is current archaeological theory stuck at an impasse? Sandra Wallace argues that archaeological theory has become mired as a result of logical and ontological contradictions. By showing that these contradictions are a result of common underlying philosophical assumptions and fallacies this book is...

   Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
2. Maurice Mandelbaum and American Critical Realism

   Edited by Ian F. Verstegen

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Many have wondered about the similarity in name of American critical realism and the movement of the same name begun by Roy Bhaskar. The figure of Maurice Mandelbaum complicates the relationship, not only due to his career bridging the two movements but also Mandelbaum’s concern not only with...

   Published December 8th 2009 by Routledge
3. (Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice

   Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu

   Edited by Terry Lovell

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Nancy Fraser’s work provides a theory of justice from multiple perspectives which has created a powerful frame for the analysis of political, moral and pragmatic dilemmas in an era of global capitalism and cultural pluralism. It has been developed through dialogue with key contemporary thinkers,...

   Published August 8th 2007 by Routledge
4. A Social Theory of the Nation-State

   The Political Forms of Modernity Beyond Methodological Nationalism

   By Daniel Chernilo

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   A Social Theory of the Nation-State: the political forms of modernity beyond methodological nationalism, construes a novel and original social theory of the nation-state. It rejects nationalistic ways of thinking that take the nation-state for granted as much as globalist orthodoxy that speaks of...

   Published July 15th 2007 by Routledge
5. Dictionary of Critical Realism

   Edited by Mervyn Hartwig

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Dictionary of Critical Realism fulfils a vital gap in the literature, Critical Realism is often criticised for being too opaque and deploying too much jargon, thereby making the concepts inaccessible for a wider audience. However, as Hartwig puts it 'Just as the tools of the various skilled trades...

   Published February 28th 2007 by Routledge
6. Rethinking Marxism

   From Kant and Hegel to Marx and Engels

   By Jolyon Agar

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Published September 20th 2006 by Routledge
7. Transcendence

   Critical Realism and God

   By Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier, Douglas V. Porpora

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world. Conversely, religious belief confronts a...

   Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
8. Capitalism and Citizenship

   The Impossible Partnership

   By Kathryn Dean

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   Can capitalism and citizenship co-exist? In recent years advocates of the Third Way have championed the idea of public-spirited capitalism as the antidote to the many problems confronting the modern world. This book develops a multi-disciplinary theory of citizenship, exploring the human abilities...

   Published July 16th 2003 by Routledge
9. After International Relations

   Critical Realism and the (Re)Construction of World Politics

   By Heikki Patomäki

   Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

   After International Relations articulates a systematic critical realist response to a quest for more emancipatory methodologies in International Relations. Heikki Patomäki here establishes a way out of the international relations problematic which has puzzled so many great thinkers and scholars...

   Published December 5th 2001 by Routledge
10. Critical Realism and Marxism

    Edited by Andrew Brown, Steve Fleetwood, John Michael Roberts

    Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

    This book examines the relationship between critical realism and Marxism. The authors argue that critical realism and Marxism have much to gain from each other. This is the first book to address the controversial debates between critical realism and Marxism, and it does so from a wide range if...

    Published October 3rd 2001 by Routledge