Wittgenstein and the idea of a critical social theory: a critique of Giddens, Habermas, and Bhaskar

New York: Routledge (1999)
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This book uses the philosophy of Wittgenstein as a perspective from which to challenge the idea of a critical social theory, represented pre-eminently by Giddens, Habermas and Bhaskar.

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