Realism and Sociology: Anti-Foundationalism, Ontology and Social Research

by Cruickshank Jus and Justin Cruickshank

Book Overview

In recent years, methodological debates in the social sciences have increasingly focused on issues relating to epistemology. Realism and Sociology makes an original contribution to the debate, charting a middle ground between postmodernism and positivism.
Critics often hold that realism tries to assume some definitive account of reality. Against this it is argued throughout the book that realism can combine a strong definition of social reality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415261902
• ISBN13: 9780415261906
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.9"