0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions

Buy Now

Experience - New Foundations for the Human Sciences (Paperback) Loot Price: R598
Discovery Miles 5 980
Experience - New Foundations for the Human Sciences (Paperback): Slash

Experience - New Foundations for the Human Sciences (Paperback)

Slash

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R598 Discovery Miles 5 980

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

This book is a radical plea for the centrality of experience in the social and human sciences. Lash argues that a large part of the output of the social sciences today is still shaped by assumptions stemming from positivism, in contrast to the tradition of interpretative social enquiry pioneered by Max Weber. These assumptions are particularly central to economics, with its emphasis on homo economicus, the utility-maximizing actor, but they have infiltrated the other social sciences too. Lash argues for a social sciences based not in positivism's utilitarian a priori but instead in the a posteriori of grounded and embedded subjective experience. His wide-ranging account starts from considerations of ancient experience via Aristotle's technics, continues through a politics of Hannah Arendt's 'a posteriori' public sphere and concludes with the contemporary - with technological experience, on the one hand, and with Chinese post-ontological thought, in which the 'ten thousand things' themselves are doing the experiencing, on the other. This original book by a leading social and cultural theorist will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, cultural studies and throughout the social sciences.

General

Imprint: Polity Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2018
Authors: Slash
Dimensions: 237 x 163 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-9515-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-7456-9515-9
Barcode: 9780745695150

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Better Choices - Ensuring South Africa's…
Greg Mills, Mcebisi Jonas, … Paperback R350 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170
Waterboy - Making Sense Of My Son's…
Glynis Horning Paperback R320 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950
101 Water Wise Ways
Helen Moffett Paperback  (1)
R150 R139 Discovery Miles 1 390
Race Otherwise - Forging A New Humanism…
Zimitri Erasmus Paperback  (3)
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510
Bones And Bodies - How South African…
Alan G. Morris Paperback R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
The Seed Is Mine - The Life Of Kas…
Charles Van Onselen Paperback R375 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350
Lied Vir Sarah - Lesse Van My Ma
Jonathan Jansen, Naomi Jansen Hardcover  (1)
R100 R93 Discovery Miles 930
Song For Sarah - Lessons From My Mother
Jonathan Jansen, Naomi Jansen Hardcover  (3)
R100 R93 Discovery Miles 930
Fundamentals Of Social Research Methods…
C. Bless, C. Higson-Smith, … Paperback R786 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090
Pitch Battles - Sport, Racism And…
Peter Hain, Andre Odendaal Paperback R520 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920
Glossy - The Inside Story Of Vogue
Nina-Sophia Miralles Paperback R515 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410
Making Love In A War Zone - Interracial…
Jonathan Jansen Paperback  (3)
R100 R93 Discovery Miles 930

See more

Partners