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Autore |
Creaven Sean <1963-, > |
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Titolo |
Against the spiritual turn : Marxism, realism and critical theory / / Sean Creaven |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-00914-3 |
1-282-37778-7 |
9786612377785 |
0-203-87843-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (513 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in critical realism |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Critical realism |
Spiritualism |
Religion - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [468]-479) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bhaskar's "spiritual turn" : logical and conceptual problems -- Meta-reality, critical realism and Marxism -- Secularism, agnosticism and theism -- Critical realism, transcendence and God -- Humanism, spiritualism and critical theory. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The argument presented in this book is that the recent 'spiritual' trajectory of Roy Bhaskar's work, upon which he first embarked with the publication of his From East to West, undermines the fundamental achievements of his earlier work. The problem with Bhaskar's new philosophical system (Transcendental Dialectical Critical Realism or simply Meta-Reality), from the critical-realist Marxist perspective endorsed here, is that it marks both a departure from and a negation of the earlier concerns of Bhaskar to develop a realist philosophy of science and under-labour |
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