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From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment (Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)) by Roy Bhaskar
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First published February 24, 2003
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Roy Bhaskar
38 books25 followersRoy Bhaskar (born May 15, 1944) is a British philosopher, best known as the initiator of the philosophical movement of Critical Realism.
Bhaskar was born in Teddington, London, the elder of two brothers. His Indian father and English mother were Theosophists.[1]
In 1963 Bhaskar began attending Balliol College, Oxford on a scholarship to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Having graduated with first class honours in 1966, he began work on a Ph.D. thesis about the relevance of economic theory for under-developed countries. This research led him to the philosophy of social science and then the philosophy of science. In the course of this Rom Harré became his supervisor.
Bhaskar was born in Teddington, London, the elder of two brothers. His Indian father and English mother were Theosophists.[1]
In 1963 Bhaskar began attending Balliol College, Oxford on a scholarship to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Having graduated with first class honours in 1966, he began work on a Ph.D. thesis about the relevance of economic theory for under-developed countries. This research led him to the philosophy of social science and then the philosophy of science. In the course of this Rom Harré became his supervisor.
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