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Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century: Critical Realism and Integral Theory in Dialogue
Contributor(s): Bhaskar, Roy (Editor), Esbjörn-Hargens, Sean (Editor), Hedlund, Nicholas (Editor)
ISBN: 0415820006     ISBN-13: 9780415820004
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $190.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - General
Dewey: 149.2
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.50 lbs) 326 pages
 
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Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory. Building on its origins at a symposium in Luxembourg in 2010, this book examines the points of connection and divergence between critical realism and integral theory, arguably two of the most comprehensive and sophisticated contemporary metatheories. The Luxembourg symposium and the four more that followed explored the possibilities for their cross-pollination, culminating in five positions on their potential for integration, and began the process of fashioning a whole new evolutionary trajectory for both integral theory and critical realism. The contributors to this book bring together critical realism and integral theory in order to explore the potential of this collaboration for the advancement of both. Highlighting the ways in which these metatheories can transform scholarship and address the most pressing global issues of the 21st century, this book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of metatheory, philosophy, social theory, critical realism, integral theory and current affairs more generally.