{"product_id":"dialectic-the-pulse-of-freedom-9780860915836","title":"Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom","description":"This book attacks purely analytical modes of thinking. Bhaskar develops a critical realist philosophy, which isolates the definition of being in terms of knowledge as the characteristic flaw of traditional philosophy. He conceives a \"transformational\" model of society and sees social science as explanatory, and therefore of assistance to political projects of emancipation. Concerned to bridge the gap between philosophy and politics, \u003ci\u003eDialectic\u003c\/i\u003e argues that critical realism provides the basis of a completely new and general methodology for the human sciences. This book also contains an account of the history of Western philosophy, from its pre-Socratic origins to its contemporary post-modernist forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Bhaskar\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar and founder of the critical realist movement in the social sciences. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDialectic: The Pulse of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Idea of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966963155218,"sku":"9780860915836","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_782b23eb-d397-4dbd-8250-09bac0e0ce7a.jpg?v=1768916586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dialectic-the-pulse-of-freedom-9780860915836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}