Nigel Pleasants

Wittgenstein and the Idea of a Critical Social Theory

A Critique of Giddens, Habermas and Bhaskar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses the philosophy of Wittgenstein as a perspective from which to challenge the very idea of critical social theory, represented preeminently by Giddens, Habermas and Bhaskar. Renouncing the quest for an alternative Wittgensteinian theory of social and political life, the author shows that Wittgenstein nevertheless has considerable significance for critical thought and practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415189538
• ISBN-10: 0415189535
• Artikelnr.: 21232545

Autorenporträt

Nigel Pleaants Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Wittgenstein and Critical Social Theory
Chapter 2 Does Wittgenstein Mean What he Says?
Chapter 3 Winch, Wittgenstein and Critical Social Theory
Chapter 4 Wittgenstein?EUR?s Rule-Following Remarks and Critical Social Theory
Chapter 5 Hayek?EUR?s and Giddens?EUR?s Epistemological Argument Against Socialism
Chapter 6 ?EUR?Free to Act Otherwise?EUR??
Chapter 7 Milgram Versus Garfinkel
Chapter 8 Habermas and The Idea of a Critical Social Theory
Chapter 9 Conclusion