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- catalog abstract ""In this collection of essays Gavin Kitching argues that the whole project of a 'science of society' is radically misconceived - the pursuit of an objective that would not be desirable even if it were possible, but which is (fortunately) impossible. In the early essays, dating from the 1980s, Kitching still considers himself a 'social scientist' seeking, in Wittgenstein's philosophy, a sound philosophical 'basis' for this science. By the time we reach the last essays in the collection the author has become convinced that the pursuit of such a 'basis' is a chimera, and that while the forming and expression of well-informed opinions on social and political matters is one of the most important activities in which human beings can engage, doing that in the best and most persuasive possible way requires one to abandon any pretence of being a scientist. Kitching concludes with a very different understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the one with which he began - an understanding which shows Wittgenstein to have been one of the most revolutionary and liberating thinkers of all time." "This book will appeal to philosophers of social science, sociologists and social and political theorists."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13032311.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In this collection of essays Gavin Kitching argues that the whole project of a 'science of society' is radically misconceived - the pursuit of an objective that would not be desirable even if it were possible, but which is (fortunately) impossible. In the early essays, dating from the 1980s, Kitching still considers himself a 'social scientist' seeking, in Wittgenstein's philosophy, a sound philosophical 'basis' for this science.".
- catalog description ""This book will appeal to philosophers of social science, sociologists and social and political theorists."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A structuralist Marxist meets the later Wittgenstein -- The question of class: answered in thought or answered in feeling? -- Writing about people -- Death by theory : academic Marxism and the reification of language and the world -- Tangents : Marx, Wittgenstein and postmodernism -- Foothills and marshes : postmodernism and contemporary scholarship in the humanities -- Resolutely ethical : Wittgenstein, the dogmatism of analysis and contemporary Wittgensteinian scholarship.".
- catalog description "By the time we reach the last essays in the collection the author has become convinced that the pursuit of such a 'basis' is a chimera, and that while the forming and expression of well-informed opinions on social and political matters is one of the most important activities in which human beings can engage, doing that in the best and most persuasive possible way requires one to abandon any pretence of being a scientist. Kitching concludes with a very different understanding of Wittgenstein's philosophy from the one with which he began - an understanding which shows Wittgenstein to have been one of the most revolutionary and liberating thinkers of all time."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-227) and index.".
- catalog extent "230 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "075463342X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
- catalog subject "192 21".
- catalog subject "B3376.W564 K53 2003".
- catalog subject "Social sciences Philosophy History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 Political and social views.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A structuralist Marxist meets the later Wittgenstein -- The question of class: answered in thought or answered in feeling? -- Writing about people -- Death by theory : academic Marxism and the reification of language and the world -- Tangents : Marx, Wittgenstein and postmodernism -- Foothills and marshes : postmodernism and contemporary scholarship in the humanities -- Resolutely ethical : Wittgenstein, the dogmatism of analysis and contemporary Wittgensteinian scholarship.".
- catalog title "Wittgenstein and society : essays in conceptual puzzlement / Gavin Kitching.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".