Social theory as science / Russell Keat and John Urry.

By:

Keat, Russell [author]

Contributor(s):

Urry, John [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: International library of sociologyPublication details: London : Routledge & Paul, 1975.Description: x, 278 pages 23 cmSubject(s):

Social sciences -- Philosophy

LOC classification:

HX541.5

Contents:

Part one Conceptions of science 1. Positivist philosophy of science 2. Realist philosophy of science 3. Forms of conventionalism Part two Conceptions of science as social theory 4. Sociology and positivism 5. Marx and realism 6. Structure and structuralism Part 3 Meaning and ideology 7. The explantion and understanding of social action 8. Reification and realism 9. Values theory and reality

Summary: The second edition of this popular text includes discussions of the problems of meaning and understanding; the relationship of realism to positivism, empiricism and Marxism; and the place of empirical research in a realist social theory.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	School of Social Work Library Open Shelf	HX541.5 KEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	148669	Available		BK135406

Includes index and bibliography

The second edition of this popular text includes discussions of the problems of meaning and understanding; the relationship of realism to positivism, empiricism and Marxism; and the place of empirical research in a realist social theory.

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