Publication

2014 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780415743907
  • ISBN-100415743907
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014003814
  • Better World Books9780415743907
  • Open LibraryOL28791488M

Classifications

  • LCCH62.5.E8H36 2014
  • LCCH62.5.E8 H36 2014

Description

"This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became "Europe." It argues that social theory is being held back by antagonistic debates over science, positivism, objectivity, and universal law - debates which appear unnecessary, narrow, and acontextual when their origins are examined. Positing that solutions to these impasses can be found by moving to alternative holistic epistemology, and looking at issues in terms of interrelations rather than parts, the book shows the promise of a social theory that provides a unit of analysis that mediates between local and global relations."--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • What Holism Can Do for Social TheoryTaylor & Francis Group2014

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