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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162818803321

Autore

Leahy Terry (Sociologist)

Titolo

Humanist realism for sociologists / / Terry Leahy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-24101-0

1-315-62843-0

1-317-24102-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge Advances in Sociology ; ; 203

Disciplina

144

Soggetti

Humanistic ethics

Humanism

Sociology - Moral and ethical aspects

Social sciences and ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Humanism and its critics -- 2. Knowledge in the social sciences -- 3. Debates about epsitemology in recent social science -- 4. Explanation in the social sciences -- 5. What do social scientists do in their accounts? -- 6. Values, ethics and the social sciences -- 7. Two examples of humanist ethics -- 8. Ethics for social scientists today -- 9. Inequality, exploitation and gender -- 10. Social class - 11. Bourdieu and humanist realism.