LEADER 02727oam 2200661I 450 001 9910454954103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-00914-3 010 $a1-282-37778-7 010 $a9786612377785 010 $a0-203-87843-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203878439 035 $a(CKB)1000000000804166 035 $a(EBL)460298 035 $a(OCoLC)646867368 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241563 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10271071 035 $a(PQKB)10856584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC460298 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL460298 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349547 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL237778 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000804166 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgainst the spiritual turn $eMarxism, realism and critical theory /$fSean Creaven 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (513 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in critical realism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-52404-0 311 $a0-415-49031-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [468]-479) and index. 327 $aBhaskar'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. 330 $aThe argument presented in this book is that the recent 'spiritual' trajectory of Roy Bhaskar's work, upon which he first embarked with the publication of his From East to West, undermines the fundamental achievements of his earlier work. The problem with Bhaskar's new philosophical system (Transcendental Dialectical Critical Realism or simply Meta-Reality), from the critical-realist Marxist perspective endorsed here, is that it marks both a departure from and a negation of the earlier concerns of Bhaskar to develop a realist philosophy of science and under-labour 410 0$aRoutledge studies in critical realism. 606 $aCritical realism 606 $aSpiritualism 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCritical realism. 615 0$aSpiritualism. 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 676 $a181/.4 700 $aCreaven$b Sean$f1963-,$0914696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454954103321 996 $aAgainst the spiritual turn$92049951 997 $aUNINA