The nature of social reality / Tony Lawson.
| Author/creator | Lawson, Tony, 1950- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1 Edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Economics as social theory |
| Contents | Setting the context -- Why social ontology? -- A general conception -- Ontology and the study of social reality : emergence, organisation, community, power, social relations, corporations, artefacts and money -- Topics in scientific ontology -- The nature of the firm and peculiarities of the corporation -- The modern corporation : the site of a mechanism (of global social change) that is out-of-control? -- A theory of money -- The positioning and credit theories of money compared -- The nature and dynamics of processes of emergence, reproduction and transformation -- Emergence, morphogenesis, causal reduction and downward causation -- Collective practices and norms -- Consequences for projects of human emancipation -- Possibilities for emancipatory social change -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019001602 |
| ISBN | 9780367188894 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780367188931 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |