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Aspects of Enlightenment
Thomas Osborne
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: G; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
Aspects of Enlightenment is an attempt to reconfigure the terrain of contemporary social theory. Critical of sociologistic approaches in that discipline and of vague concepts such as modernity and postmodernity, the book argues that the proper subject matter of social theory is enlightenment itself. Dismissing for the most part the conflicts in social and critical theory between realist and relativist approaches, the book argues for the merits of various limited kinds of anti-foundationalism that would guide fieldwork in specific areas of enlightenment. As a means of illustrating this approach, the book focuses on case studies that consider critical attitudes to ... Read more
Aspects of Enlightenment is an attempt to reconfigure the terrain of contemporary social theory. Critical of sociologistic approaches in that discipline and of vague concepts such as modernity and postmodernity, the book argues that the proper subject matter of social theory is enlightenment itself. Dismissing for the most part the conflicts in social and critical theory between realist and relativist approaches, the book argues for the merits of various limited kinds of anti-foundationalism that would guide fieldwork in specific areas of enlightenment. As a means of illustrating this approach, the book focuses on case studies that consider critical attitudes to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers London
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847690770
SKU
V9780847690770
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About Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne is lecturer in the department of sociology at the University of Bristol in Bristol, England.
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