EMANCIPATORY FOR WHOM? A COMMENT ON CRITICAL REALISM

@article{citeulike:2776337, abstract = {Tony Lawson (1999) argues that critical realism will facilitate revelatory and emancipatory projects in feminist economics. The strength of Lawson's argument lies in its rejection of social atomism and methodological individualism. Societies are best understood as structurally connected systems rather than as atomistic aggregates. Its weakness lies in its reliance on a humanist conception of human agency, a conception that is increasingly questioned by some feminists.}, author = {Barker, Drucilla }, citeulike-article-id = {2776337}, doi = {10.1080/13545700110059270}, journal = {Feminist Economics}, keywords = {critical-realist, critique, economics, feminist}, number = {1}, pages = {103--108}, posted-at = {2008-05-09 18:15:54}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {EMANCIPATORY FOR WHOM? A COMMENT ON CRITICAL REALISM}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545700110059270}, volume = {9}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2776337 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2776337 TI - EMANCIPATORY FOR WHOM? A COMMENT ON CRITICAL REALISM JF - Feminist Economics VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 103 EP - 108 PB - Routledge N2 - Tony Lawson (1999) argues that critical realism will facilitate revelatory and emancipatory projects in feminist economics. The strength of Lawson's argument lies in its rejection of social atomism and methodological individualism. Societies are best understood as structurally connected systems rather than as atomistic aggregates. Its weakness lies in its reliance on a humanist conception of human agency, a conception that is increasingly questioned by some feminists. KW - critical-realist KW - critique KW - economics KW - feminist AU - Barker, Drucilla PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545700110059270 ER -