Beyond Ethnocentrism: A Reconstruction of Marx's Concept of ScienceIn this time of great upheaval in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Karl Marx's relevance to contemporary social science may seem remote. However, this important study by Charles McKelvey shows just the opposite: Marx's concept of science can help social scientists gain a greater understanding of today's world society. Western ethnocentrism has, McKelvey argues, isolated the Euro-American social scientist from a true picture of conditions in the Third World. Modern sociology must rethink itself, McKelvey believes, in light of Marxian concepts, Immanuel Wallerstein's world systems perspective, and the cognitional theory of philosopher Bernard Lonergan. |
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... David Ricardo , were made possible by economic development , and that the shortcomings in their analyses were un- avoidable given the level of economic development and class formation at the time in which they wrote . Moreover , he ...
... David Ricardo all grasped this fact in part , but none did so consistently and none saw its implications . Ricardo's most influential book was published in 1821. A variety of works were published in the 1820s and 1830s that , like Ricardo's ...
... David Ricardo Once modern industry emerged , the essential dynamics of capitalism could be discerned , and a more consistent theoretical analysis could be formulated . For Marx , the work of David Ricardo represented such a more ...
Contents
CRITICAL MARXISM | 27 |
SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 51 |
MARXS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT | 99 |
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Beyond Ethnocentrism: A Reconstruction of Marx's Concept of Science Charles Mckelvey No preview available - 1991 |