Kenneth Smith

Perspectivism (eBook, PDF)

A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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Produktbeschreibung

Perspectivism: A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences advances the philosophy of perspectivism, showing how its capacity to assess competing views of a particular concept by approaching them as different 'sides' of a multi-dimensional object supports a concept of 'adequate' rather than 'absolute' truth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000825510
• Artikelnr.: 66778697

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Smith is the author of Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society: A Study in Criminology (2014) and Karl Marx's Capital: A Guide to Volumes I-III (second edition, 2021). He was formerly Professor of Sociology at Regent's University, London and Reader in Criminology and Sociology at Buckinghamshire New University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Considerations: Concept of Perspectivism
1. Nietzsche and the origins of Perspectivism 2. Karl Mannheim and the
concept of Perspectivism 3. Max Weber's concept of Objectivity in the
Social Sciences 4. Pragmatism and Perspectivism Part 2: Application of the
Concept of Perspectivism to a Number of Different Concepts in the Social
Sciences 5. Power as a Mutually Contested Concept 6. The Concept of
Equality Reconsidered 7. A Three / Four Dimensional Concept of Crime 8. The
Social Construction of Sexual Difference General Conclusion