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Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
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Routledge
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Recent critiques treat humanism as a mistaken value framework. Indeed, the concept of human nature is in fact essential for sociology, but is often being denied at the same time as it appears without acknowledgement. While classic authors can show us how to connect an ethics with a concept of human nature, current humanists must tackle the sociobiological view of human nature and interrogate... Read more
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
Biography
Dr Terry Leahy is a sociologist from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
