After postmodernism : an introduction to critical realism / edited by José López, Garry Potter.
| Other author | López, José, 1966- |
| Other author | Potter, Garry, 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Athlone, 2001. |
| Description | vii, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | After postmodernism: the millennium / Garry Potter and José López -- How to change reality: story vs. structure-- a debate between / Rom Harré and Roy Bhaskar -- The intersecting paths of critical relations: multiple realities, the inner planet and three dimensional worlds / Philip Hodgkiss -- Reading Foucault as a realist / Frank Pearce and Tony Woodiwiss -- The ethogenics of agency and structure: a metaphysical problem / Charles R. Varela -- Where is social structure? / John Scott -- Metaphors of social complexity / José López -- Sociology and epistemology / Jean Bricmont -- Critical realism and quantum mechanics: some introductory bearings / Christopher Norris -- Why are sociologists naturephobes? / Ted Benton -- Critical realism and political ecology / Tim Forsyth -- Keeping it real: a critique of postmodern theories of cyberspace / Pam Higham -- Is computing really for women? A critical realist approach to gender issues in computing / Sue Clegg -- Truth in fiction, science and criticism / Garry Potter -- Reconsidering literary interpretation / Philip Tew -- Vaporising the real: artificiality, millennial anxiety and the "End of history" / Francis Barker -- Rorty on pragmaticism, liberalism and the self / Justin Cruikshank -- Realism and research, philosophy and poverty politics: the example of smoking / David Ford -- Descartes' individualistic epistemology--a critique / Allison Assiter -- Social movements and science: the question of plural knowledge systems / Jenneth Parker -- Do realists run regressions? / Douglas V. Porpora -- Marx, Hegel and the specificity of the political / Robert Fine -- Critical realism in light of Marx's process of abstraction / Bertell Ollman -- On real and nominal absences / Andrew Collier. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-324) and index. |
| ISBN | 0485004216 |
| ISBN | 0485006170 (pbk.) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | B835 .A38 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |