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The Adventure of Relevance. An Ethics of Social Inquiry.
Martin Savransky
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Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
At a time where the relevance of the social sciences is under threat, this innovative book offers a speculative experimentation on the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences to rethink what 'relevance' is, and to cultivate a new ethos of knowledge-making for an eventful world. Engaging a diverse a range of thinkers including Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze and Isabelle Stengers, as well as the American pragmatists John Dewey and William James, Martin Savransky challenges longstanding assumptions in the social sciences and argues that relevance is an event that is part and parcel of the immanent and situated processes ... Read more
At a time where the relevance of the social sciences is under threat, this innovative book offers a speculative experimentation on the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences to rethink what 'relevance' is, and to cultivate a new ethos of knowledge-making for an eventful world. Engaging a diverse a range of thinkers including Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze and Isabelle Stengers, as well as the American pragmatists John Dewey and William James, Martin Savransky challenges longstanding assumptions in the social sciences and argues that relevance is an event that is part and parcel of the immanent and situated processes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349848355
SKU
V9781349848355
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99-15
About Martin Savransky
Martin Savransky is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where he teaches philosophy, social theory, and methodology. He works at the intersection of process philosophy, the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences, and the ethics and politics of knowledge.
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