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: Meszaros EDITOR(S) Philosophy, Ideology & Istvan Social Science: ISBN : 978-93-5002-214-6 Essays in Negation and Affirmation PUBLISHER YEAR PRICE TERRITORY SUBJECT SIZE : : : : : : Aakar Books 2013 Rs. 295.00 World Philosophy, Social Science Demy octavo

DESCRIPTION
This important book, written by a major contemporary philosopher, provides a comprehensive critical evaluation of ideology. Professor Meszaros presents some of the most significant analyses of Rousseau, Adam Smith, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Weber, Lukacs, Keynes, Heidegger, Austin and Sartre. Written over a period of more than two decades, these essays are made accessible to a wider English readership here for the first time. Philosophy, Ideology and Social Science is concerned with the specific role which ideology plays in the process of social structural adjustments. Professor Meszaros presents his ideas on a broad historical canvas. He concludes with an examination of the way in which European literature has dealt with the problem of alienation. Istvan Meszaros left his native Hungary after the Soviet invasion of 1956. He is professor emeritus at the University of Sussex, where he held the chair of philosophy for fifteen years. Meszaros is author of Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness (2 Vols.), The Structural Crisis of Capital, The Challenge and Burden of Historical Time, Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition, Marxs Theory of Alienation, Aspects of History and Class Consciousness, Philosophy, Ideology & Social Science, and The Work of Sartre: Search for Freedom among other books.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

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Ideology and Social Science 1. The Ideology of the End of Ideology 2. Max Weber and Value-Free Social Science 3. The Ideological Character of the Ideal Types 4. Theory and Meta-Theory 5. Homans Methodological Individualism 6. Cosers View of the Functions of Social Conflict 7. The Practical Embeddedness of Social Theories 8. The Social Standpoint of Keynesian Ideology 9. The Ideology of Parsonian General Theory 10. Social Structure and Social Theory Notes Contingent and Necessary Class Consciousness 1. Marxs Approach to the Problem of Class Consciousness 2. Class Position and Class Interest 3. The Development of Class Consciousness 4. Conclusion Notes Marx Philosopher 1. The Realization of Philosophy 2. The Positive Sciences and Marxs Positive Science 3. Marxs Relation to Hegel Notes Kant, Hegel, Marx: Historical Necessity and the Standpoint of Political Economy 1. Theology, Teleology, and Philosophy of History 2. The Kantian Conception of Historical Development 3. The Radical Openness of History 4. Critique of the Hegelian Philosophy of History 5. Naturalistic and Dialectical Conceptions of Necessity 6. Need and Necessity in the Historical Dialectic 7. The Conflation of Natural and Historical Necessity 8. The Disappearing Necessity of Historical Necessity Notes Marxism and Human Rights 1. Capitalist Developments and the Rights of Man 2. The Legal Framework of Social Interaction 3. Human Rights and Sectional Interests 4. Rights and the Emancipation of Individuals Notes A Critique of Analytical Philosophy 1. Unrecognized Preferences 2. Inconsistencies 3. The Analogy of Natural Science 4. The Stumbling-Block of Aesthetics Notes Metaphor and Simile 1. Metaphorical Predication and Metaphorical Fallacy

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The Logical Syntax of Metaphors and Similes The Context-Bound Validity of Metaphors Heideggers Use of Metaphorical Prediction Metaphors, Similes and Models Notes

VIII. Alienation in European Literature 1. From Emile to The Sorrows of Young Werther 2. Alienation and Solitude 3. Alienation in the Modern Novel 4. From the Faustian Quest for Humanity to Sartres Hell Among Other People Bibliography Index

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