This is a study of the central questions of explanation in the
social sciences, and a defence of 'holism' against 'individualism'.
In the first half of the book Susan James sets out very clearly the
philosophical background to this controversy. She locates its
source not at the analytical level at which most of the debate is
usually conducted but at a more fundamental, moral level, in
different conceptions of the human individual. In the second half
of the book she examines critically three case studies of holistic
approaches - Althusser, Poulantzas and the Annales historians - and
progressively refines our sense of the strengths and deficiencies
of their programmes. She ends by arguing for a form of concessive
holism, which offers some accommodation to liberal conceptions of
individual autonomy but continues to emphasise the explanatory
importance of social regularities and environments.
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