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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... point different from the bourgeoisie and that the process of capitalist production can be described from this vantage point . Therefore , the ... point of view , Marx can make some distinctions that Smith cannot 82 Beyond Ethnocentrism.
... point of view , one can discern the component parts of capital in each department , for since there is awareness of the production of means of production from the social point of view , this makes possible a rec ... Point of View 83.
... point of view .... As a scientist Marx was not a class theorist , but a “ free agent of thought ” . He aimed to study the capitalist mode of production and human history form the most comprehensive and self- critical point of view ...
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 |