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Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory - Taking Concepts Seriously (Paperback): Leonidas Tsilipakos

Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory - Taking Concepts Seriously (Paperback)

Leonidas Tsilipakos

Series: Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences

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Departing from a concern with certain 'hard' problems in social theory and focusing instead on the theoretical strategies employed in their solution, especially on how these strategies depend on what the author calls the theoretical attitude towards language, this book considers whether these strategies, far from being indispensable guides to thinking, might in fact lead social theorists to misunderstand the concepts constitutive of social life. Making use of the insights and practice of Ordinary Language Philosophy, understood as encompassing the work of Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin and their followers, Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory reveals the profound logical flaws in some of the central methodological procedures often employed in social theory for dealing with concepts, offering alternative approaches to social scientists and philosophers for tackling the conceptual issues that have so bedevilled social science from its inception. A lucid explication of Ordinary Language Philosophy and the potential that it offers for deepening and re-orienting theoretical work in the social sciences, this volume, apart from being a challenge to the influential Critical Realist paradigm, constitutes a radical critique of social theoretical reason. As such, it will appeal to social theorists and philosophers of social science, those with interests in research methods and theory construction, and anyone interested in thinking clearly about society.

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Imprint: Taylor & Francis
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences
Release date: June 2021
First published: 2015
Authors: Leonidas Tsilipakos
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 978-1-03-209883-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Philosophy > General
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LSN: 1-03-209883-X
Barcode: 9781032098838

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