Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings / Edition 1

Delanty (sociology, U. of Liverpool, UK) and Strydom (sociology, National U. of Ireland) present 64 readings, largely short extracts from larger works, that explore issues of epistemology, methodology, and knowledge in the social sciences. Covering positivism, structuralism, pragmatism, and other traditions, the work attempts a broad reach, containing selections by Durkheim, Popper, Wittgenstein, Feyerabend, Simmel, Freud, Weber, Geertz, Habermas, Adorno, Dewey, Foucault, Derrida, Haraway, and many others. However, given the breadth of the treatment, the conspicuous absence of Karl Marx is somewhat surprising. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR