Fin de siècle social theory : relativism, reduction, and the problem of reason
Criticizes the alarming growth of relativism in recent social theory, reveals the limits of institutional reductionism, asserts the enduring values of the classical tradition, and lays out a "neo-modernist" position which defends reason from an anti-reductionist, culturally-centred perspective.
viii, 231 p
9781859849965, 9781859840917, 1859849962, 1859840914
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