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Dialectic by Prof. Roy Bhaskar
Booksplease Price: €42.65This book attacks purely analytical modes of thinking. Bhaskar develops a critical realist philosophy, which isolates the definition of being in terms of knowledge as the characteristic flaw of... -
Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €55.92Booksplease Price: €52.29First published in 2011. In Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom Roy Bhaskar sets out to develop a critique of the work of Richard Rorty, who must be one of the most in?uential authors of recent... -
Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.30Following on from Roy Bhaskar's first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, establishes the conception of social science... -
A Realist Theory of Science Roy Bhaskar 9780415454940
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.30First Published in 2008. Now acknowledged as a classic in the philosophy of science, A Realist Theory of Science is one of the very few books which has transformed not only our understanding of... -
Plato, etc. by Prof. Roy Bhaskar 9780860916499
Booksplease Price: €26.62In his most accessible book to date, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the 'problems of philosophy'. Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge... -
Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €55.92Booksplease Price: €52.29A picture has indeed held modern Western philosophy captive, that of the universe as a vast machine whose iron laws are best understood as exceptionless empirical regularities which, as it were,... -
Critical Realism: Essential Readings by Prof. Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €78.53Booksplease Price: €73.47Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars A Realist Theory of Science, critical... -
Roy Bhaskar: A Theory of Education by David Scott 9783319198354
Booksplease Price: €66.78This book provides an account of an original educational philosophy, developed by one of the most significant philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Roy Bhaskar. Though... -
The Philosophy of MetaReality: Creativity, Love and Freedom by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €55.92Booksplease Price: €52.65First Published in 2012. The Philosophy of MetaReality: creativity, love and freedom is the third of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar's philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid... -
The Formation of Critical Realism: A Personal Perspective by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.30This series of interviews, conducted in the form of exchanges between Roy Bhaskar and Mervyn Hartwig, tells a riveting story of the formation and development of critical realism.Three intersecting... -
Reclaiming Reality: A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23Originally published in 1989, Reclaiming Reality still provides the most accessible introduction to the increasingly influential multi-disciplinary and international body of thought, known as... -
From East To West: Odyssey of a Soul Roy Bhaskar 9781138954649
RRP: €59.49Booksplease Price: €55.32In this radical book, Roy Bhaskar expands his philosophy of critical realism with an audacious re-synthesis of many aspects of Western and Eastern thought. Arguing that the existence of God provides... -
From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment is the second of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar's new philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid succession in... -
Plato Etc: Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution Roy Bhaskar 9780415454926
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37In this concise text, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the "problems of philosophy". Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge and philosophy... -
Critical Realism: an Introduction to Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy by Andrew Collier 9780860916024
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €21.99The work of Roy Bhaskar has had far-reaching effects in the philosophy of science and for political and moral theories of human emancipation. It shows how to overcome the atomistic and narrowly... -
Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing: A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity by Roy Bhaskar
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23In this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it possible for... -
Enlightened Common Sense: The Philosophy of Critical Realism Roy Bhaskar 9780415583794
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23Since the 1970s, critical realism has grown to address a range of subjects, including economics, philosophy, science, and religion. It has become a complex and mature philosophy. Enlightened Common... -
Reclaiming Reality: Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy by Prof. Roy Bhaskar 9780860919513
Booksplease Price: €26.00This series of linked essays is an accessible intervention in the current debates about realism which are of increasing significance on both sides of the Atlantic. It is designed to underlabour both... -
The Possibility of Naturalism: A philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences Roy Bhaskar 9781138798885
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23Since its original publication in 1979, The Possibility of Naturalism has been one of the most influential works in contemporary philosophy of science and social science. It is one of the... -
Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis: Critical realism and the Nordic Contributions by Prof. Roy Bhaskar 9780415692328
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37Building on its origins at a seminar in Oslo organized by two of the editors, this book combines classic texts of Nordic ecophilosophy and the original contributions of those influenced by this... -
Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century: Critical Realism and Integral Theory in Dialogue Roy Bhaskar 9780415820479
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory... -
Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change: Transforming Knowledge and Practice for Our Global Future by Prof. Roy Bhaskar 9780415573887
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.30Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time. Its unique standpoint is based on the recognition that effective and coherent... -
Realism, Philosophy and Social Science by K. Dean 9781349523849
Booksplease Price: €55.07The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of... -
Realism, Philosophy and Social Science by Kathryn Dean 9781403946737
Booksplease Price: €55.07The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of... -
Religious Education from a Critical Realist Perspective: Sensus Fidei and Critical Thinking by Johnny C. Go
RRP: €53.54Booksplease Price: €50.27This book examines the possibility and necessity of critical thinking in religious education through the lenses of critical realism and the Christian doctrine of sensus fidei ('sense of faith')... -
Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge by Ruth Groff 9780415464352
RRP: €70.20Booksplease Price: €65.43Groff defends 'realism about causality' through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brian Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several... -
Rethinking Marxism: From Kant and Hegel to Marx and Engels by Jolyon Agar
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37This clear and accessible book will be of use to social theorists and politcal scholars, to all those looking for a new understanding of the complex relationship between Kant, Hegel, Marx and Engels... -
Social Ontology and Modern Economics Stephen Pratten 9780415858298
RRP: €85.67Booksplease Price: €78.94Economists increasingly recognise that engagement with social ontology - the study of the basic subject matter and constitution of social reality - can facilitate more relevant analysis. This growing... -
Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research: A Practical Introduction by Priscilla Alderson 9781447354550
RRP: €101.15Booksplease Price: €83.06Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. It resolves problems arising from splits between different research approaches, builds on... -
On the Theory and History of Ideological Production: Juan Carlos Rodrguez and His Contemporaries by Malcolm K. Read 9798888903209
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €25.05On the Theory and History of Ideological Production promotes the existence of an 'ideological unconscious', understood primarily as a product of social relations, not of the Ideological State... -
Feminism and the Power of Love: Interdisciplinary Interventions Adriana Garcia-Andrade 9780367350994
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23The power of love has become a renewed matter of feminist and non-feminist attention in the 21st century's theory debates. What is this power? Is it a form of domination? Or is it a liberating force... -
Corporate Strategies in Recession and Recovery: Social Structure and Strategic Choice by Richard Whittington
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.37First published in 1989, this book is based on detailed comparative case studies of eight firms' responses to the recession of the early 1980s, the worst crisis for British manufacturing in the... -
Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research: A Practical Introduction Priscilla Alderson (UCL) 9781447354567
RRP: €32.12Booksplease Price: €29.50Winner of the 2022 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize. Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. It resolves problems arising from splits... -
Critical Realism and Spirituality Mervyn Hartwig 9781138798038
RRP: €70.20Booksplease Price: €65.78Critical Realism and Spirituality contextualizes, delineates, explores and critiques the turn to spirituality and religion in critical realism, which has been under way since the mid-1990s, as well... -
The Problem of Critical Ontology: Bhaskar Contra Kant by Dustin McWherter 9781349433933
Booksplease Price: €55.07Dustin McWherter defends the possibility of critical ontology by pitting Roy Bhaskar's attempt to rehabilitate ontology in the philosophy of science against Kant's attempt to replace traditional... -
The Problem of Critical Ontology: Bhaskar Contra Kant by Dustin McWherter 9781137002716
Booksplease Price: €55.62Dustin McWherter defends the possibility of critical ontology by pitting Roy Bhaskar's attempt to rehabilitate ontology in the philosophy of science against Kant's attempt to replace traditional... -
Marxism and Realism: A Materialistic Application of Realism in the Social Sciences Sean Creaven (University of the West of England, UK) 9780415436762
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.30This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences. By constructing historical materialism as realist... -
Contributions to Social Ontology Clive Lawson 9780415442381
RRP: €58.30Booksplease Price: €54.66Recent years have seen a dramatic re-emergence of interest in ontology. From philosophy and social sciences to artificial intelligence and computer science, ontology is gaining interdisciplinary... -
Reality and Self-Realization: Bhaskar's Metaphilosophical Journey toward Non-dual Emancipation by Seo MinGyu
RRP: €55.92Booksplease Price: €52.29Since the publication of Roy Bhaskar's A Realist Theory of Science in 1975, critical realism has been evolved as one of the new developments in the areas of philosophy of natural and social science... -
Bourdieu, Habitus and Field: A Critical Realist Approach by Sadiya Akram 9783031418457
Booksplease Price: €131.97This innovative book argues that establishing an ontological framework makes a substantial difference to Pierre Bourdieu's core concepts of habitus and field. In doing so it addresses the charges of...