Social Science: Beyond Constructivism and RealismU of Minnesota Press, 1997 - 159 Seiten An ambitious and wide-ranging text about the debates of social science. This concise and comprehensive volume provides an accessible overview of the main debates on the sociology and philosophy of the social sciences. Exploring the changing conceptions of social science from the sixteenth century to today, Delanty argues how this group of disciplines is recovering its role as the critical voice of modernity. |
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The Search | 39 |
Marxism Critique | 59 |
Habermas Apel | 77 |
The Problem | 95 |
Constructivism and Realism | 110 |
Social Science as Discursive Practice | 135 |
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