Philosophy of Social Science Books

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1. Max Weber: Collected Methodological Writings

   Edited by Sam Whimster

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-47898-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Reassessing the Paradigm of Economics: Bringing Positive Economics Back into the Normative Framework

   By Valeria Mosini

   The economic crisis of 2007-8 showed that all was not well in political economy and that the dominating neoliberal paradigm should be put under serious scrutiny. This book considers, from a methodological, but also a historical, viewpoint, Milton Friedman’s work, which was the driving force in...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-57511-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Economic Necessity, Political Contingency and the Limits of Post-Marxism

   By Ceren Özselçuk

   Post-Marxism emerged in the 1970s and 80s as a way to retain certain insights from Marxism while disposing of its indefensible and destructive elements, especially the tendency to reduce all social change to the economic base. This book offers a new and critical reading of post-Marxism, arguing...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-60892-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Freedom and Happiness in Economic Thought and Philosophy: From Clash to Reconciliation

   Edited by Ragip Ege, Herrade Igersheim

   Starting with a philosophical distinction between the liberalism of freedom and the liberalism of happiness, this book brings together modern European research from leading scholars looking at the fundamental debates and issues surrounding the economics and philosophy of happiness. Considering...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-57948-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Political Economy and Liberalism in France: The Economic Contributions of Frédéric Bastiat

   By Robert Leroux

   Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) set himself against the political trends of mid nineteeth century France and his work stood in stark contrast to the dominant trends within economics, history and philosophy. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the work of Bastiat’s and his impact on...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-58055-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Interdisciplinarity: Reconfigurations of the Social and Natural Sciences

   Edited by Andrew Barry, GEORGINA BORN

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57892-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Education Reconfigured: Culture, Encounter, and Change

   By Jane Roland Martin

   As philosophers throughout the ages have asked what is justice? what is truth? what is art? and what is law? The internationally acclaimed philosopher of education Jane Roland Martin asks what is education? In answer, she puts forward a unified theory that casts education in a brand new light....

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-88963-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. General Equilibrium Analysis: A Century after Walras

   Edited by Pascal Bridel

   2010 marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Léon Walras, the brilliant originator and first formaliser of general equilibrium theory – one of the pillars of modern economic theory. In advancing much derided practical solutions Walras also displayed more concern for the problems of living...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59464-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Economics and Diversity

   By Carlo D'Ippoliti

   Much economic literature still assumes that economic behaviour can be explained by means of a same process applying to all individuals, at most exhibiting quantitative differences in the extent of certain individual properties. In this book, Carlo D'Ippoliti takes issue with the concept of "...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-60027-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Contradictions of Archaeological Theory: Engaging Critical Realism and Archaeological Theory

    By Sandra Wallace

    March 2011 | 978-0-415-59127-0 | Hardback (Routledge)