SHARE

Critical theory and epistemology

The politics of modern thought and science

By Anastasia Marinopoulou

Critical theory and epistemology
Hardcover +
  • Price: £21.00
  • ISBN: 9781526105370
  • Publish Date: May 2017
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Buy Now

    Paperback +
  • Price: £21.00
  • ISBN: 9781526139627
  • Publish Date: Jul 2019
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Buy Now

    eBook -
  • Price: £21.00
  • ISBN: 9781526105387
  • Publish Date: Jun 2017
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Buy Now

    Book Information

    • Format: eBook
    • Published Date: June 2017

    Description

    This volume in the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society series explores the arguments between critical theory and epistemology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Focusing on the first and second generations of critical theorists and Luhmann's systems theory, the book examines how each approaches epistemology. It opens by looking at twentieth-century epistemology, particularly the concept of lifeworld (Lebenswelt). It then moves on to discuss structuralism, poststructuralism, critical realism, the epistemological problematics of Foucault's writings and the dialectics of systems theory. The aim is to explore whether the focal point for epistemology and the sciences remain that social and political interests actually form a concrete point of concern for the sciences as well.

    Contents

    Introduction
    1 Phenomenology and hermeneutics
    2 Structuralism and poststructuralism
    3 Modernism and postmodernism
    4 Systems theory
    5 Critical realism
    Conclusions
    Index

    Author

    Anastasia Marinopoulou is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy at the Hellenic Open University and Associate Editor of the international edition of Philosophical Inquiry

    To purchase as an ebook, please visit your preferred ebook supplier

    Amazon Amazon Waterstones Blackwells Bookshop Kobo

    Newsletter Sign Up

    Manchester University Press
    Close

    Your cart is empty.

    Total
    Select your shipping destination to estimate postage costs

    (Based on standard shipping costs)

    Final cost calculated on checkout
    Checkout
    Promotional codes can be added on Checkout