Humanist Realism for Sociologists

Terry Leahy, 2017

A new book on radical social theory. A metatheory for social science that can work with an ultra left politics and provide an accessible framework for promoting that position. Some topics:

How utopian visions of a classless society relate to theories of human nature.
Why has social class been such a successful social invention and how does it operate today?
What was the nature and operation of classless societies?
Is the egalitarian vision premised on an unrealistic view of human beings as ‘perfectible’?
What is the relation between the structure of the family, patriarchy and class formation?

Other central concerns of the book are ontology and epistemology, agency and the subject, humanist ethics and eco-centric ethics. This is a book on theory that is engaging and accessible. It explains and challenges theoretical positions that have become accepted as mainstream in the social sciences.

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Print ISBN: 9781138644960
eBook ISBN: 9781315628431
Adobe ISBN: 9781317241027