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A History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Peter T. Manicas
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Description for A History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Paperback. Manicas argues that ideology is the defining characteristic of the social sciences in this critical review of the discipline. He contends that social science was originally based on a false ideal of science and that the historical assumptions of it are in general, too "Eurocentric". Num Pages: 354 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
This ambitious critical history of the variety of disciplines we group together as the social sciences argues that the defining characteristic of social science, both historically and in the present, is ideology. Based originally on a flawed ideal of science, the 'social sciences' have incorporated and refined a set of assumptions about the nature of state and society, assumptions which have been institutionalized with the growth of modern universities.
The book is in three main parts. It deals firstly with the history of certain key ides from the early modern period (assessing thinkers from Hobbes and Marx ... Read more
This ambitious critical history of the variety of disciplines we group together as the social sciences argues that the defining characteristic of social science, both historically and in the present, is ideology. Based originally on a flawed ideal of science, the 'social sciences' have incorporated and refined a set of assumptions about the nature of state and society, assumptions which have been institutionalized with the growth of modern universities.
The book is in three main parts. It deals firstly with the history of certain key ides from the early modern period (assessing thinkers from Hobbes and Marx ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631165835
SKU
V9780631165835
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About Peter T. Manicas
Peter T. Manicas is Professor of Social Science at the University of Hawaii.
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