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  • Dialectic

    The Pulse of Freedom

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
    Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom is now widely regarded as a classic of contemporary philosophy. This book, first published in 1993, sets itself three main aims: the development of a general theory of dialectic, of which Hegelian dialectic can be seen to be a special case; the dialectical enrichment and deepening of critical realism, viz. into the system of dialectical critical realism; and the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Border Crossers

    by Bhaskar Roy ...
    Desperate for survival in the rude city, Rita is fortunate to get hired as a household help by a retired diplomat. At that moment, Arijit Basu does not know that she is an undocumented migrant. Convulsed by a marauding tide of events, the two are reduced to wrecks. Arijit's fiancée, Nandita, fights bravely to recover the vulnerable girl from the circles of evil. The outcome of this struggle ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Reality

    A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
    Originally published in 1989, Reclaiming Reality still provides the most accessible introduction to the increasingly influential multi-disciplinary and international body of thought, known as critical realism. It is designed to "underlabour" both for the sciences, especially the human sciences, and for the projects of human emancipation which such sciences may come to inform; and provides an ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Roy Bhaskar

    A Theory of Education

    by David Scott, Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides an account of an original educational philosophy, developed by one of the most significant philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Roy Bhaskar. Though he directed his attention to wider matters than education, his philosophy has implications for the way we can understand how the world is structured and in turn how we can transform it to accommodate a ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Reality and Its Depths

    A Conversation Between Savita Singh and Roy Bhaskar

    by Savita Singh, Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book on the philosophy of critical realism and meta-Reality and its development is based on conversations between Roy Bhaskar, the originator of the philosophy, and Savita Singh, a distinguished Indian poet and social theorist. The wide range of topics covered include the priority of being over thought, reversing the traditional emphasis in the West; transcendence as an everyday phenomenon; ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Formation of Critical Realism

    A Personal Perspective

    by Roy Bhaskar, Mervyn Hartwig ...
    Series series Ontological Explorations (Routledge Critical Realism)
    This series of interviews, conducted in the form of exchanges between Roy Bhaskar and Mervyn Hartwig, tells a riveting story of the formation and development of critical realism.Three intersecting and interweaving narratives unfold in the course of this unfinished story: the personal narrative of Roy Bhaskar, born of an Indian father and English mother, a child of post-war Britain and Indian ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Plato Etc

    Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
    In this concise text, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the "problems of philosophy". Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge and philosophy of science; the philosophy of logic and language; the philosophies of space, time and causality; the philosophy of the social and life sciences and of dialectic; ethics, politics and aesthetics; and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Enlightened Common Sense

    The Philosophy of Critical Realism

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Ontological Explorations (Routledge Critical Realism)
    Since the 1970s, critical realism has grown to address a range of subjects, including economics, philosophy, science, and religion. It has become a complex and mature philosophy.Enlightened Common Sense: The Philosophy of Critical Realism looks back over this development in one concise and accessible volume. The late Roy Bhaskar was critical realism’s philosophical originator and chief exponent. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing

    A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity

    by Roy Bhaskar, Berth Danermark, Leigh Price ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
    In this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it possible for practitioners of the different disciplines to communicate without contradiction or compromise, resolving the tensions that beset much interdisciplinary work.Such a general theory is only possible if we ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • From East To West

    Odyssey of a Soul

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
    In this radical book, Roy Bhaskar expands his philosophy of critical realism with an audacious re-synthesis of many aspects of Western and Eastern thought. Arguing that the existence of God provides the fundamental structure of the world, he renders plausible ideas of reincarnation, karma and moksha or liberation.Originally published in the year of the millennium, From East to Westcontinues to be ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Possibility of Naturalism

    A philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Since its original publication in 1979, The Possibility of Naturalism has been one of the most influential works in contemporary philosophy of science and social science. It is one of the cornerstones of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering perhaps the only viable alternative to positivism and post positivism. This fourth edition contains a new foreword from Mervyn ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences

    by Roy Bhaskar ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
    A picture has indeed held modern Western philosophy captive, that of the universe as a vast machine whose iron laws are best understood as exceptionless empirical regularities which, as it were, determine the future before it happens. This fantastic conception commands the assent, not just of positivistically-minded naturalists but of all the great anti-naturalists who champion a very different ... Read more

    $62.99 USD