Social Knowledge: An Essay on the Nature and Limits of Social Science

Social Knowledge: An Essay on the Nature and Limits of Social Science
ISBN-10
9004414827
ISBN-13
9789004414822
Series
Social Knowledge
Category
Science
Pages
136
Language
English
Published
2019-11-26
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Paul Mattick

Description

In Social Knowledge Paul Mattick examines the possibility of scientific knowledge of society, taking Marx’s critique of economics as an exemplary case of the anthropological understanding of social life.

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