Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory (Electronic book text)

This book develops a novel approach to critical explanation as a function of logics, taking a distinctive approach to social science explanation, and political studies more specifically, which avoids the problem of scientism. The authors argue that the problem of scientism designates a series of anomalies in mainstream positivist approaches to the study of social and political phenomena, which has given rise to an ongoing critical discussion. Jason Glynos and David Howarth explain and engage with this debate concerning the role and viability of the causal law paradigm in the social sciences. "Theory, Method and Critique in Social Science" will be a valuable tool for scholars and researchers in a variety of related fields of study in the social sciences, especially the disciplines of political science and political theory, international relations, social theory, cultural studies, anthropology and philosophy.