Conventional Realism and Political Inquiry: Channeling Wittgenstein

by John G. Gunnell

When social scientists and social theorists turn to the work of philosophers for intellectual and practical authority, they typically assume that truth, reality, and meaning are to be found outside rather than within our conventional discursive practices.

John G. Gunnell argues for conventional realism as a theory of social phenomena and an approach to the study of politics. Drawing on Wittgenstein's critique of "mentalism" and traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022666127X
• ISBN13: 9780226661278
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"