TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hanson,Barbara Gail
TI  - What holism can do for social theory
T2  - Routledge studies in social and political thought
SN  - 978-0-415-74390-7
U1  - 300.1 23E
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social sciences--Research--Europe--History
KW  - Positivism
KW  - Holism
N1  - Bibliogr. p. [171]-179
N2  - "This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became "Europe." It argues that social theory is being held back by antagonistic debates over science, positivism, objectivity, and universal law - debates which appear unnecessary, narrow, and acontextual when their origins are examined. Positing that solutions to these impasses can be found by moving to alternative holistic epistemology, and looking at issues in terms of interrelations rather than parts, the book shows the promise of a social theory that provides a unit of analysis that mediates between local and global relations. "--
ER  -