Social Existence: Metaphysics, Marxism, and the Social Sciences

by Richard Quinney

Book Overview

This exciting, ambitious work attempts to rework into the body of social science concerns that are now more often associated with philosophy. Richard Quinney presents a new paradigm, one that draws on metaphysics and Marx. Does a modern capitalist society require an irreligious, secular spirit to justify exploitation? Quinney believes the division between the secular and the sacred approaches, both of which divide the world into social life and spiritual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803908318
• ISBN13: 9780803908314
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.