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4Understanding Social Life: The Method Called VerstehenAllen & Unwin. 1975.Republished in 1986 (Lewes: Jean Stroud) with a new introduction and some updating of references, this was one of the first English-language discussions of the topic.
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16The Habermas Reader. 1996.This book provides a comprehensive introduction to, and selection from, Jrgen Habermas's writings from the early 1960s to the present. The book is divided into seven sections, covering the principal areas of Habermas's work. Each section includes an introduction and a selection of substantial extracts from relevant books.In the general introduction, Outhwaite outlines the central themes of Habermas's work and analyses the development of his views over the years. Subsequent sections are organized…Read more
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13Habermas: A Critical IntroductionPolity. 2009.This new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas's work, from his early writings on the public sphere, through his work on law and the state, to his more recent discussion of science, religion and contemporary Europe. Outhwaite examines all of Habermas's major works and steers a steady course through the many debates to which they have given rise. A major feature of the book is that it provides a detailed critical analysis of Habermas's…Read more
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112New developments in realist philosophy (review)History of the Human Sciences 1 (1): 105-112. 1988.
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2The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social ThoughtWiley. 2008.Modern social thought ranges widely from the social sciences to philosophy, political theories and doctrines, cultural ideas and movements, and the influence of the natural sciences. Provides an authoritative overview of the main themes of social thought. Long essays and entries give full coverage to each topic. Covers major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics. New edition updates about 200 entries and …Read more
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5The Myth of Modernist MethodEuropean Journal of Social Theory 2 (1): 5-25. 1999.Postmodernist thinkers have often claimed that there is something like a `modernist' model of theory and metatheory in the social sciences which is objectivistic, dogmatic, and generally over-ambitious, aiming to dominate the theoretical landscape like a modernist skyscraper. This paper suggests that there is little to support such a view, and that most sociologists and social anthropologists, and many other social scientists, have been much more cautious and tentative in their claims than postm…Read more
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15The future of European democracyEuropean Journal of Social Theory 17 (3): 326-342. 2014.Given that we have democracy of a kind in most of Europe, and that there seems a reasonable prospect of its survival in, and extension to the rest of, the sub-continent, this article asks whether and to what extent we also need European-level democratic politics and how we might hope to achieve this, against the background of the current crisis. This article examines the ‘democratic deficit’ in the EU and the tensions between its formal decision-making structures and the growth of what has been …Read more
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6Book Review: The Existentialist Moment. The Rise of Sartre as a Public Intellectual (review)European Journal of Social Theory 21 (1): 135-138. 2018.
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7Book review: Enlightened Common Sense: The Philosophy of Critical Realism (review)European Journal of Social Theory 22 (1): 127-130. 2019.
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98Defending objectivity: essays in honour of Andrew Collier (edited book)Routledge. 2004.Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following: 'objectivity of value', 'objectivity and e…Read more
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2Social Theory and Social Criticism: Essays for Tom BottomoreAshgate Publishing. 1992.This collection of essays addresses some of the central issues in modern social and political thought, such as: the revival of Marxism and its relevance to the social sciences; the analysis of social and political structures and social movements; and the future of advanced capitalist societies.
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